The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 5th January 2021 There are 16 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 5th January 2021. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Bread stuffed with skin of guava for star 12PAGANINIAAcross 6: Something 12 which is playedBRIDGEAAcross 9: American 12 escaped heartlesslyMADOFFAAcross 10: Men bound to be in uncle's placePAWNSHOPAAcross 11: Actor isn't playing one 12CON ARTISTAAcross 13: British pop star's activity 12STINGAAcross 15: Double dose of salt for old invaderTARTARAAcross 17: Heard group of relatives is 12COZENSAAcross 18: Bets unclad singer is one making an impressionETCHERAAcross 19: Film star, fool taken in by fraudLASSIEAAcross 21: One's played character in Shakespeare playVIOLAAAcross 22: Show of preferences in walk nursing injured pawSTRAW POLLAAcross 25: Perhaps saw advantage withdrawing moneyEDGE TOOLAAcross 26: Place to park behind North American dressed like Batman?CANAPEAAcross 28: Church worker is to keep sending rude messagesSEXTONAAcross 29: Revealing gear, things which are 12GSTRINGSDDown 2: I get it's a sound made in mirthAHADDown 3: Single traveller's noseAROMADDown 4: Lovingly taken home, lawman's clutching a tight backINFATUATEDDDown 5: This person's job or dutyIMPOSTDDown 6: Is 12 and isn't straightBOWSDDown 7: Well-liked people like me, who introduce extra piecesINSETTERSDDown 8: Golf games easily giving surge of emotionGROUND SWELLDDown 8: Golf games easily giving surge of emotionGROUNDSWELLDDown 12: Untrustworthy? Then do field tripsONTHEFIDDLEDDown 14: Performing carol, say, to event where Stradivarius has featuredROYALASCOTDDown 16: Call up troops, two officers besieging CityRECOLLECTDDown 20: Camp male's maintaining apparel on the outsideSTALAGDDown 23: He was 12 with some chap on zitherPONZIDDown 24: Either end of Milton's poetic early periodMORNDDown 27: Girl who's 12?PEG