The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 24th January 2020 There are 13 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 24th January 2020. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Seat: I offered support for member not returned PMISLINGTONAAcross 10: See 9NORTHAAcross 11: See 20WINDINGAAcross 12: London borough cut back foreign moneyHACKNEYAAcross 13: Clifftop home creepy, we hear?EYRIEAAcross 14: Endless suffering: Boris's heart consumed by power issuePERDITIONAAcross 16: Backtrack twice and workers lit up by party leader? I don't believe you!LIARLIARPANTSONAAcross 19: Are various small birds travelling west, after starling initially again takes overREASSUMESAAcross 21: Radioactive element in preservative for good healthSALUTAAcross 22: Middle 2 from 4 (x 2) for shipmentFREIGHTAAcross 23: Was PM unprejudiced, where only the elite accommodated?MAYFAIRAAcross 24: Discuss roads homeROOTSAAcross 25: Back to basics here, as Conservative taking drugs?SQUARE ONEDDown 1: Where lies circulating around famous Downing Street figure, might this have extra traction?SIXWHEELERDDown 2: Mastermind tune for wormsPLANARIADDown 3: Individual absorbed by course, virtually completeENTIREDDown 4: Guns raised for quarry in glen?STAGDDown 5: One sport he worked on, nearing defeatONTHEROPESDDown 6: Sloth near Ealing fed last of spaghettiINACTIONDDown 7: See 18BRUNEIDDown 8: Report scale and method as liquid strainedWHEYDDown 14: Boris, penning newspaper material that's shabby, is for the practical approachPRAGMATISMDDown 15: Stallion's back on course — whereas this one isn'tNONSTARTERDDown 17: Final drink full of street talkLAST GASPDDown 18: In fun, absolute ruler's beginning to splash out — he can certainly afford it!SULTANOFDDown 20: Question put to liquidator by business, seriously?AREYOUDDown 21: Those speaking for authorSAYERSDDown 22: See 16FIREDDown 23: See 20MEUP