The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 29th January 2020 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 29th January 2020. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Covert behaviour's appropriate, though heartlessSTEALTHAAcross 5: Bail due for revision in hearingAUDIBLEAAcross 9: Bare minimum of instructional books — effectively treat as oneIN THE ALTOGETHERAAcross 10: Gifts of pink and yellow roses to make up?PEACEAAcross 11: See 10OFFERINGSAAcross 12: Reason address fails to start? One may be drunkRATIONALEAAcross 14: Vestment about to be given extravagant liningCOTTAAAcross 15: Gathering clamour breaks recordCROWDAAcross 16: Powerful ray left sea bream flounderingLASER BEAMAAcross 18: Glimpses tenor in embrace of lovelorn sopranoSIGHTINGSAAcross 21: New acid revitalised batteryNICADAAcross 22: A tyrannical male condemned food processorALIMENTARY CANALAAcross 23: Showcase clothing in generalKITCHENAAcross 24: See 23DRESSERDDown 1: There's no end of unstable footwearSLIPPERDDown 2: Particularly reliable source of cash among sweetshop's stock?EXTRASTRONGMINTDDown 3: Vassal's superior, grand persona sent up in songLIEGE LORDDDown 4: Below-zero greeting?HELLODDown 5: Distance from a kid climbing headlandALOOFNESSDDown 6: Bleak start for Doctor FosterDREARDDown 7: Like badly-synced dialogue offstage?BEHIND-THE-SCENESDDown 8: Set up a route regularly crossing one continent or twoEURASIADDown 13: Favourite leader's lost weight where some US VIPs have gained stonesARLINGTONDDown 14: Extremely little basis for appalling narrativeCHRONICLEDDown 15: Slavonic firms on fireCOSSACKDDown 17: A rum old collection assembled bit by bitMODULARDDown 19: Sufficient power to operate choppersTEETHDDown 20: Perceptive wife cleared out grateSHRED