The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 12th January 2022 There are 14 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 12th January 2022. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Girl briefly also called when touring stateALASKAAAcross 5: French city cut employment for another oneTOULOUSEAAcross 9: Story about a stink over North American waterLAKE ERIEAAcross 10: Troops set back a party sign blocking wayROADUPAAcross 11: His happy orgy disrupted study of 5 downPHYSIOGRAPHYAAcross 13: Occasionally meet star climbing this?MESAAAcross 14: Isolated younger rocks form our isletOUTLIERSAAcross 17: Posh tablet rejected in reading Little Women here?LILLIPUTAAcross 18: Adversaries at table abandon country gardenEDENAAcross 20: Ford a channel going west, following new rangeSIERRA NEVADAAAcross 23: Car dumps English fruitCITRONAAcross 24: Northern city's deer dispersed in a local peakABERDEENAAcross 25: Enraged Indiana bank crushes strikeINFLAMEDAAcross 26: Plan to get shot of rose bedsSTRATADDown 2: Luscious oranges and melons primarily growing in this?LOAMDDown 3: Player who's fancied fruit left item in ring?SEED PEARLDDown 4: Cowboy or ranger's helping on way up ravineARROYODDown 5: Fine old athlete ruined with heroin? It's how things areTHELIEOFTHELANDDDown 6: Posts at university linked to entitlementsUPRIGHTSDDown 7: Tyrone town evicts German with a place in NebraskaOMAHADDown 8: Georgian perhaps runs three trips round OhioSOUTHERNERDDown 12: Dictionary entry that's clearer when higherDEFINITIONDDown 15: Decorator houses deer for Reykjavik residentICELANDERDDown 16: School hung maps showing growth in bogsSPHAGNUMDDown 19: Large rock formerly down under 26LAYERSDDown 21: Country river, Russian oneRURALDDown 22: Quietly put away accumulated 19 of 16PEAT