The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 31st January 2023 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 31st January 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Winning spirit with just defeat and a tie — a draw in 17?TOPKAPIAAcross 5: God, one with a magic bullet?PANACEAAAcross 9: Conceal a capital city on islandPALMAAAcross 10: See 24THETOILETAAcross 11: Separation of state and religion curses Mali after ReformationSECULARISMAAcross 12: A law committed to memory by 1st of October for testORALAAcross 14: Allergic reaction having taken LSD, perhaps: expression of support welcomedINTOLERANCEAAcross 18: Appalling? It's impossible to sayUNSPEAKABLEAAcross 21: See 12EXAMAAcross 22: Those carrying lots of money in shops act stupidCASHPOINTSAAcross 25: Delicious salami in the soup, sibling tucking inAMBROSIALAAcross 26: Tree in lime, leaning backwardsELEMIAAcross 27: Cocktail fruit dropping on needle shortlyMELANGEAAcross 28: Boris playing intellectual game, heavens above, admitting 'I haven't a clue'SPASSKYDDown 1: Key worker is involved in exercise after Tuesday's vacationTYPISTDDown 2: See 1 acrossPALACEDDown 3: A huge organ, alwaysATALLTIMESDDown 4: Cap removed from playwright put in graveINTERDDown 5: Where reporters meet with two irons?PRESSCLUBDDown 6: Gas in 7 onlyNEONDDown 7: Backbone injected with liquid initially, or gasCHLORINEDDown 8: Contra gets deal after revolution in Caribbean islandsANTILLESDDown 13: Hashemite city rising up on account of a creative movement in ItalyARTEPOVERADDown 15: Go rambling and get lost!TAKEAHIKEDDown 16: Evangelist affable? Not that interestedLUKEWARMDDown 17: O constant plecity?ISTANBULDDown 19: See 23ANGELSDDown 20: Harden, if held captive by authoritarian, blowing topOSSIFYDDown 23: Are they riding up and down?HELLSDDown 24: Irish county where one goes, in a failed stateDOWN