The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 18th January 2021 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 18th January 2021. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Revealed card is betterOUTWITAAcross 4: Impede bad actor theatre rejectedHAMPERAAcross 9: Lives with the French on Skye, perhapsISLEAAcross 10: Crib rails gape badly around infant's headPLAGIARISEAAcross 11: Credit goddess for terrible situationCRISISAAcross 12: Doctor taking fee cutLACERATEAAcross 13: Submission of plea involving QueenDEFERENCEAAcross 15: Name location on the radioCITEAAcross 16: Playful piece of music lacking introARCHAAcross 17: Meet religious group to the east of BuryINTERSECTAAcross 21: Piano and stringed instrument returned by worker complainingPETULANTAAcross 22: Go by plantPEPPERAAcross 24: Meticulous firm promises to hide identityFASTIDIOUSAAcross 25: Warning from heads of Ofsted mentioned extra numeracyOMENAAcross 26: Lucrative work student left outEARNERAAcross 27: Agreement from number overwhelmed by strengthASSENTDDown 1: Watch old boy waitOBSERVEDDown 2: Lock theatre's spare boxesTRESSDDown 3: Progress hampered by setter repeatedly leading to deadlockIMPASSEDDown 5: A dish church gives to each individuallyAPIECEDDown 6: Pictures left by artist having oddly deficient vistasPORTRAITSDDown 7: Prize setter trotting around ringROSETTEDDown 8: Lobby people to accept unlimited lucid dreamHALLUCINATIONDDown 14: Leaderless troops oppose battleENCOUNTERDDown 16: Over time, state becomes meanAVERAGEDDown 18: Displays old modelsEXPOSESDDown 19: Kind of glue covering bottom of labelCLEMENTDDown 20: Worker left European stockHANDLEDDown 23: Press release on individual is lyingPRONE