The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 6th January 2023 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 6th January 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Clubs brawl — it could be aftersCRUMBLEAAcross 5: Is Panama here, say, following winding path?HATPEGAAcross 9: Caught in wind, setter's defective hearingMISTRIALAAcross 10: National kings, say, in finery that's oddly cut backYEMENIAAcross 12: Writer's opera lacking spirit and sufferingEUGENE O'NEILLAAcross 15: Currently in silver, far from crazy dressesALLTHERAGEAAcross 17: Take in husband evicted in period of arousalEATAAcross 19: A major, maybe extremely kamikaze, back in armyKEYAAcross 20: J. Ben-Hur once grabs American with both hands in danceCHARLESTONAAcross 22: Bill's outing in street through evergreen Berkshire townFIRST READINGAAcross 26: Out of neutral voguish clothesIN GEARAAcross 27: What wit might do with small camping equipmentBEDROLLSAAcross 28: Sober English teacher circles something hard to missSITTERAAcross 29: Bread made by student, eaten by grandparent, perhapsBLOOMERDDown 1: Tease band releasing second discCOMBDDown 2: College administrator skinned bearURSADDown 3: Stink over hooligans in urban areasBOROUGHSDDown 4: Duck in English Channel heading northEVADEDDown 6: A redhead with higher energy going grey?AGEINGDDown 7: Bushes, perhaps, in dense strip in need of cultivationPRESIDENTSDDown 8: Group inch aboard craft, an old chopperGUILLOTINEDDown 11: Recipient of handouts has urge to stop savingBEGGARDDown 13: Spooner's pastry shortage? This isn't to be trustedPACKOFLIESDDown 14: Coward, say, awfully wary, in dire straitsPLAYWRIGHTDDown 16: Fix eg Oxford house's exterior with flipping unpleasant look about itREHEELDDown 18: Working hard in Bermondsey, engaged by sign painterLEONARDODDown 21: Gas — more than enough but not all of itETHANEDDown 23: In America, a slight girl coming out clutching the GuardianDWEEBDDown 24: Poor area in endless recessionSLUMDDown 25: Ruler after revolution dreads possessor confiscating articleTSAR