The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 15th January 2021 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 15th January 2021. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Order, say, two lots of aluminium with cheap bit thrown inALPHABETICALAAcross 8: Carried by sea westwards, third of team's missing coatsENROBESAAcross 9: Abandoned South American stopped ringingDISUSEDAAcross 11: Trendy soldier's over visiting, notes swinger outside barINNSIGNAAcross 12: When swimming, plaice swallow gallons of oceanPELAGICAAcross 13: Work hard to acquire some essentially sexy allureOOMPHAAcross 14: Queen once has European hat back to front in part of UKNEFERTITIAAcross 16: Storyteller regularly read books in heart of ParisRACONTEURAAcross 19: Children hand in tinSPAWNAAcross 21: Our neighbour's front replaced with first of painted strutsPRANCESAAcross 23: A short distance divides Greek and Arab schoolGRAMMARAAcross 24: Distance covered reversing, say, a cartYARDAGEAAcross 25: Pen round old popular inventionCOINAGEAAcross 26: Cynic with dope and ale disrupted source of dopeENCYCLOPEDIADDown 1: A chum married Nimby, for oneACRONYMDDown 2: Issue one pound raised in merchandisePUBLISHDDown 3: Dimwit previously stole 'A New Feature of Poetry'ASSONANCEDDown 4: Turn out to be the last to join in eastern partyEND UPDDown 5: Remote city in ruins rebuiltINSULARDDown 6: African leader is circling a long time, twirling his weaponASSEGAIDDown 7: English team in large firm chart last of May and Johnson's workLEXICOGRAPHYDDown 10: Some stars support speech, the result of 7DICTIONARIESDDown 15: American wears fake top and army headgearFORAGECAPDDown 17: Series covering last British king's mortificationCHAGRINDDown 18: Workers collect delicious drink from this battered crate in cityNECTARYDDown 19: Flier, black one, blocks main roadSEA BIRDDDown 19: Flier, black one, blocks main roadSEABIRDDDown 20: Motorists in Malta spoiled former capitalALMA-ATADDown 22: Period working out in southern lakesSPELL