The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 20th January 2021 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 20th January 2021. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Saw fewer people in businessLIMITED COMPANYAAcross 9: Pilot participating in raid and a rescueDANDAREAAcross 10: Refuse cold chop sent back for demanding chapEXACTORAAcross 11: Something hot? The opposite when picked upCHILIAAcross 12: Love a portion sliced by cookADORATIONAAcross 13: Denies president's hosting new billionaireABNEGATESAAcross 14: Tory grandee's hot with feverHAGUEAAcross 15: Bear first sign of tailspinTEDDYAAcross 17: Passage of a good king, dressed with flourishPARAGRAPHAAcross 20: Ponders brief massage — setter's back and bum!RUMINATESAAcross 22: Head of patriotic state who puts out flagsPAVERAAcross 23: English prompt to store wood in rural workECLOGUEAAcross 24: Experience high oil supply from this city?TRIPOLIAAcross 25: Thug about to stop washing pantsHEAVYBREATHINGDDown 1: Boy and unknown person talking on line, a seeker of romanceLADYCHATTERLEYDDown 2: Two males welcoming one making a pileMANSIONDDown 3: Drink alone in a provocative wayTEASINGLYDDown 4: Moulded terse version of Caesar's Rubicon speech?DIE-CASTDDown 5: Weighty responsibility saving deposit upONEROUSDDown 6: Red paper out of very fashionable companyPRADADDown 7: Love alcoholic drink that's kept dilutedNOTHINGDDown 8: Dreamboat preparing to hug dissolute chancerPRINCE CHARMINGDDown 14: Gyrating hip, thong covering one's best part?HIGH POINTDDown 16: Demi Moore's outside with grand French film-makerDE MILLEDDown 16: Demi Moore's outside with grand French film-makerDEMILLEDDown 17: Maybe Rosemary's Baby's opening after fussPOTHERBDDown 18: Dry wine European bottles getting badge of honourROSETTEDDown 19: Where air's kept awfully volatile after temperature dropsALVEOLIDDown 21: Edible plants raised by Nile's banks in arid areaNEGEV