The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 13th January 2022 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 13th January 2022. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Mark with spots led astray installing smartphone programDAPPLEAAcross 4: They protect the CrownHELMETSAAcross 9: Old setter's good with childEXPECTINGAAcross 10: Reject outcast swapping sidesREPELAAcross 11: Monsters finally go looking for three knightsOGRESAAcross 12: According to Spooner, Murs trick with soap?HOLLYOAKSAAcross 13: Record rise in disorder after partiesDOSSIERAAcross 15: Courting daughter with giant fiddleDATINGAAcross 17: Struggles with 5 + 8 + 7? I've left 'e' out, not even in orderFIGHTSAAcross 19: Turn provided by senior cricketerFIELDERAAcross 22: City official tracking the movement of Sterling?TREASURERAAcross 24: Matter of time before corrupt cop jails internationalTOPICAAcross 26: One empty beer returned for bitterACERBAAcross 27: Cliches etc thus translated to cover new sectionCHESTNUTSAAcross 28: Troy besieged by messy rebels with special structuresSYSTEMSAAcross 29: Top of double-decker bus to crash into reservationsDOUBTSDDown 1: Plant used for colour, as a Welshman would sayDYEWOODDDown 2: To the audience, type of TV view materialPAPERDDown 3: Rugby players upend that man over tense tradesmanLOCKSMITHDDown 4: Negotiated hard deal about riding horseHAGGLEDDDown 5: Transport gold in two hands by end of dayLORRYDDown 6: Illustrated River Dee, clear down the middleEXPLAINEDDDown 7: Climbing mountains with peaks of snow hurts a littleSPLASHDDown 8: 1 of 2 or 1 in 3, roughly?EITHERDDown 14: Weak bowling technique Cook sees, getting over 50SPINELESSDDown 16: A number score twice with only headersTWENTY-TWODDown 18: Smartens up princess, scruffy without pinSPRUCESDDown 19: Stronger sack carrying money (roubles)FIRMERDDown 20: Finds another role for exceptional actressRECASTSDDown 21: Pieces of meat, drink and cocktail during the weekend?STEAKSDDown 23: Black market stocks bookSABLEDDown 25: Delivering fruit preciselyPLUMB