The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 21st January 2020 There are 15 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 21st January 2020. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Herb Alpert's debut, one regularly covered by British Sign LanguageBASILAAcross 10: Complex to explainELABORATEAAcross 11: Passing time with artist playing tennisTRANSIENTAAcross 12: Catholic girl's lesson in styleCLASSAAcross 13: Leader's a supporter of independence?SKIPPERAAcross 15: Wow! Not even posh journalist suffered an attack of the gigglesCORPSEDAAcross 17: 'After dark' piece on the radioNIGHTAAcross 18: Slow boat merely capsized …TUBAAcross 20: … crew too heavy? Not half!EIGHTAAcross 22: Dishes a world away, fine for the Springboks?WALDORFAAcross 25: Up-to-date creep keeps dashing outINTOUCHAAcross 26: Where to stay after golf?HOTELAAcross 27: Seducer of fifty-one sexy maidensLADIES' MANAAcross 30: One should look thoroughly for trendy magazine wanting adult's clothingINSPECTORAAcross 31: Change shirt owned by real modelALTERDDown 1: Help one gambleABETDDown 2: Paces about at home, close to staying, then getting awayESCAPINGDDown 3: Luxurious and rich, 80%+PLUSDDown 4: Rodent's sin: entering waste flowSEWER RATDDown 5: Approach tailless urban feline from behindTACTICDDown 6: Accompanying dog into party about booksCONCURRENTDDown 7: See 22SALADSDDown 8: Looks up and downSEESDDown 13: Power is rising by three quartersSINEWDDown 14: Anaesthetise small dog biting tot, else in troublePUT TO SLEEPDDown 16: Cockney wife's nationality …DUTCHDDown 19: … their old money, trading capital for a billion workersBUILDERSDDown 21: Most of bottle satisfied special connoisseursGOURMETSDDown 23: Most recent Hollywood trial?LATESTDDown 24: Documents describe the end of government cutsFILETSDDown 26: Hydrogen gas shockHAIRDDown 28: Dash through DixielandELANDDown 29: King managed to go up and annoyNARK