The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 3rd January 2023

There are 15 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 3rd January 2023. View the answers below..

Also try..
All The Guardian Cryptic Answers All Publications

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Devious follower aiming to kidnap a king
AAcross 9:	Teasing adult I see in very old hat
AAcross 10:	Outbids American wallies, extreme characters taken in
AAcross 11:	Former English West Country banker	EXE
AAcross 12:	Big adjustable spanner a boon to estuary's shipping	TOWERBRIDGE
AAcross 13:	Translating a poet is no Yankee idler's preference	EASYOPTION
AAcross 15:	Bearing children is always painful
AAcross 18:	Backing spoils instrument
AAcross 20:	Measuring device for farm vehicle
AAcross 23:	Back row in Palladium booked in advance
AAcross 25:	Broadcast overlooks woman's entitlement
AAcross 25:	Broadcast overlooks woman's entitlement
AAcross 26:	Put straight tabloid's missing section with ferocious expression
AAcross 27:	Capital tour, lastly to coral island
AAcross 28:	This precursor of flood proving ruinously expensive	BREAKINGTHEBANK
DDown 1:	Male jockeys tucked into cereal, a taboo food nowadays?	WHALEMEAT
DDown 2:	Minions have no means of access, one cell being shared
DDown 3:	Passivity I confronted primarily in country
DDown 4:	Tropical bird's gullet swallowing roughly
DDown 5:	Make sense of dignitary made public
DDown 6:	They cut bill dropped by flyers at sea
DDown 7:	Itinerant mounted police working across America
DDown 8:	Go after opponents at table, then prosecute
DDown 14:	Waterproof covering setter in rickety train
DDown 16:	Courts approve standard
DDown 17:	Uncompromising firm's leading chain
DDown 17:	Uncompromising firm's leading chain
DDown 19:	Direct lots of deliveries here from time to time
DDown 21:	Lottery raised a good deal — order British to split it
DDown 22:	Strong drink artist put up on shelf
DDown 23:	Choice morsel of Brie? Precisely
DDown 24:	Criticise mean bribe