The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 13th January 2023 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 13th January 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Need to stop by Sudanese recycling plantBLACK-EYED SUSANAAcross 9: Regret about an eastern monarchy spinning charmENAMOURAAcross 10: Wish to bend armLONGBOWAAcross 11: Smooth ridges going westSLEEKAAcross 12: City's former special police after fashionable old writerINVERNESSAAcross 13: Mediocre performer wanting praise, forgetting line after overactingHAMFATTERAAcross 14: Work component of photo scannerTOSCAAAcross 15: Last pair taken from shoe shopSNEAKAAcross 17: Stadium leaders saving skin in short newspaper sectionCOLOSSEUMAAcross 20: Ordinary bloke initially escaping suspicion surrounding complete maverickODDONEOUTAAcross 22: Adult underwear picked up in the sunshine?ABASKAAcross 23: Starts to see phantom, true ghost from the pastSPRIGHTAAcross 24: Old Italian footballer recalled first couple of internationals — it's a long time since he scoredROSSINIAAcross 25: Do not disturb unaccompanied spring holidays taken retrospectively?LEAVEWELLALONEDDown 1: Song period mostly covered by book — inferior revised thesisBLESSTHISHOUSEDDown 2: US city hospital in area north of Maine, abandonedANAHEIMDDown 3: Turn down drinkKNOCK BACKDDown 4: Risky to upset old royal supporterYORKISTDDown 5: Did rail, northbound, for freeDELIVERDDown 6: Curling regularly pared part of a boneULNARDDown 7: Leisurely walkers better ignoring leader, heading southAMBLERSDDown 8: Playing safe, my risk wins multi-tasking aidSWISSARMYKNIFEDDown 14: British island protected by French vessel on American body of waterTASMAN SEADDown 16: Sanction Diana, for one, bearing crossesENDORSEDDown 17: Constant love in vigil over Native AmericanCHOCTAWDDown 18: Something signifying a huge amount in colloquial little typoLITERALDDown 19: Cut up nothing, devouring game earnestlyEXANIMODDown 21: Laze mindlessly, seen regularly around desertNEGEV