The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 21st January 2021 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 21st January 2021. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Following report of communist, letters must show thesePOSTMARKSAAcross 6: Suffer no fool: Canute misquoted about heresy, initiallyACHEAAcross 8: Decreed: set gold before man of the North, reported journalistORDAINEDAAcross 9: Old heartless Richard III in feud about filthORDUREAAcross 10: Stand for leadership of the youth party in free YugoslaviaTYPIFYAAcross 11: Gave out (caught), left in, left outEXCLUDEDAAcross 12: Way a man embraces a queenMANNERAAcross 15: Renovated seediest part of the NorthTEESSIDEAAcross 16: As at first, Henry VIII was intellectualTHINKINGAAcross 19: In Scotland's valleys, Elizabeth's heart picks upGLEANSAAcross 21: Plot to murder princes about nothingCONSPIREAAcross 22: Terrible danger, with political activists at Buckingham House eventGARDENAAcross 24: Man of the North, as James I was in Scotland!VIKINGAAcross 25: Boatman, at heart European, in first part of Tory attackTEAR INTOAAcross 26: Charles broadcast to listeners?HEIRAAcross 27: Lorry then diverted in the direction of Scotland?NORTHERLYDDown 1: See 22 acrossPARTYDDown 2: Perhaps Victoria is not at faultSTATIONDDown 3: Unwashed masses taking king's headMANKYDDown 4: Alfred: he atoned partly for the result of a fireRED HEATDDown 5: Snack in foil, say pig's footSCOTCH EGGDDown 6: Edward, our sovereign, showed passionsARDOURSDDown 7: King, to be beheaded, takes sanctuary somewhere near WembleyHARLESDENDDown 13: Oh, I parted sadly from love's imageAPHRODITEDDown 14: Exercising restraint, as the Queen is said to do in spiritREININGINDDown 17: More unpleasant than retsina? Unlikely!NASTIERDDown 18: Getting bigger, King George: one defined by his appetite?GREATERDDown 20: Boatman placed between noble and royal persons previouslyEARLIERDDown 22: Harold at first confessed rising up to snap in angerGNASHDDown 23: Good to leave the upper class no way outENTRY