The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 18th January 2023 There are 16 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 18th January 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: One driven mad by Regan and ilk?KING LEARAAcross 6: Weak ideology limiting party intelligenceWISDOMAAcross 9: Prepared location for some nails?ON HANDAAcross 10: Male brought in to make a mealCREAMTEAAAcross 11: Figure in uncovered sunken ship will be adjacent to seaweedRECTANGLEAAcross 13: Rosy stuff? Half of that’s black stuffATTARAAcross 15: Position that’ll block official aidRELIEFAAcross 17: Possible result of punch striking secretly helpful creature?KOBOLDAAcross 18: Mostly criticised student: letting oneself down?RAPPELAAcross 19: Children pursuing small mammals? Insufferably tweeKITSCHAAcross 21: Force that is keeping military police liberalIMPELAAcross 22: Thrash metal’s aim, creating tunesMELISMATAAAcross 25: Ultimate source of utility in prize clock componentPENDULUMAAcross 26: I’m interrupting musician that’s rejected dense materialOSMIUMAAcross 28: Hidden observer coming round about in pursuit of ordinary birdOSPREYAAcross 29: Tense chap residing in large land mass — or small land massTASMANIADDown 2: Drinking hole popular with additional numberINNDDown 3: Vast expansion of G & T — one tucks inGIANTDDown 4: Close and hot on the way out?ENDANGEREDDDown 5: Substantial latitude given about source of computer memoryRECALLDDown 6: Source of reconstruction in London, sayWRENDDown 7: Rich politician turned out in America, swinging both waysSUMPTUOUSDDown 8: Straightforward writer in thousand, possiblyOPEN-AND-SHUTDDown 12: What you’d associate with Beethoven, true master possibly around pianoEARTRUMPETSDDown 14: Historic coins, encompassing old legal tender?SOLICITOUSDDown 16: One may get something from television that they couldn't get from radioLIP READERDDown 16: One may get something from television that they couldn't get from radioLIPREADERDDown 20: Satisfied after cure’s put paid to a nutcaseHELMETDDown 23: Harm dodged by one sailor that’s turned up a snakeMAMBADDown 24: Old horse-drawn vehicle carrying a whipFLAYDDown 27: Not quite a group study centreUNI