The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 28th January 2021 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 28th January 2021. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Young Bengal tigers skirting lake? They're used to exerciseINDIANCLUBSAAcross 9: The hardest thing before match — it's achieved years laterDIAMONDAAcross 10: See 9WEDDINGAAcross 11: Large-scale course briefly a focus for seismologistEPICENTREAAcross 12: Continental banker, extremely rich individualRHONEAAcross 13: Flipping insect bite!TANGAAcross 14: Declared start of amnesty during forecastPREDICATEDAAcross 16: Singles-only holiday?ONEWAYTRIPAAcross 19: Unladen long-range spaceships taking offLESSAAcross 21: Mammal (un)like fawnCAMELAAcross 22: Hardy female graduates framing article about mumBATHSHEBAAAcross 24: Parisian who joins the marines aboard feels awkwardSQUIRMSAAcross 25: One's played two blues oddly rejected by British universityUKULELEAAcross 26: Pass card to successor, swearing?HANDONHEARTDDown 1: Lastly, shake anti-viral fluid before opening itITALIAN VERMOUTHDDown 2: Queen's mate cheated, taking queen inDRONEDDown 3: Examiner's car upset bullAUDITORDDown 4: Chicken he brought in for a farmhandCOWHERDDDown 5: Play with reserve, in accordance with lawUNDERACTDDown 6: 21 run off in pursuit of junk shop thiefSHIPOFTHEDESERTDDown 7: Commercial dressings primarily frustrate nursesADVERTDDown 8: A European king's missing daughter's OKAGREEDDDown 15: Aged Scots in hag's bottomless cooking pot?CAULDRONDDown 16: General charges with sergeant perhaps to stop army heading offONCOSTDDown 17: Hot sauce, like cold, served in fancy boatTABASCODDown 18: Where Naomi's tale's told — about time, reallyIN TRUTHDDown 20: Bill's rushed round, forcibly removed from ground?SPADEDDDown 23: Adult in blazer needing a bathSAUNA