The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 23rd January 2024 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 23rd January 2024. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Vocal practice: feed into the endless callingTHROATSINGINGAAcross 10: The first to look away, due to star explodingOUTSTAREDAAcross 11: Sound of ignominious defeat, unholy alliance originally having done U-turnAUDIOAAcross 12: Maiden voyage by small destroyer leaving AmericaVIRGOAAcross 13: See 8 DownWANDERERSAAcross 14: Tempers are initially absent where unmarried couples live together?REINSINAAcross 16: Arm broke, then leg, ultimately in shockSTEN GUNAAcross 18: Players in Irish barony once defeated competitorALSO-RANAAcross 20: Merit a couple of eggs from French waiter?DESERVEAAcross 21: Umpteen converts set about Catholic, small proportionPER CENTUMAAcross 23: Am I less than friendly guy?CABLEAAcross 24: Classic line in game of cricket effective, at firstOLDIEAAcross 25: An Italian city's – one in the US?ANNAPOLISAAcross 26: I smiled if worried about discontentment in career: is – that it?MIDLIFECRISISDDown 2: Random: this is more, though not entirely, haphazardHIT-OR-MISSDDown 3: Cap off cookOUTDODDown 4: Action of football player by virtue of good resultTHROW-INDDown 5: Marks in Germany invested in playing tennisINDENTSDDown 6: Awkward when leader of gang short of competition?GRACELESSDDown 7: Gentle encouragement good in painting?NUDGEDDown 8: Spare outside left brought in by West Ham, top's beaten bottom in Blackburn Rovers football teamWOLVERHAMPTONDDown 9: Ridiculous piece nurse cuts off having opened Uncle Sam's zip?NONSENSE VERSEDDown 15: Benefit increase with ever-changing investment?SERVE WELLDDown 17: Supermarket after things with squashed flies in the middle for biscuitGARIBALDIDDown 19: Really lacking in energy, on going uphill around hospitalNOTHALFDDown 20: Very bad day, one covered by last monthDEMONICDDown 22: Head cut from nail with two straight linesRADIIDDown 23: Isle in 124 days?CAPRI