The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 25th January 2024 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 25th January 2024. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Wine barrel trimmed to make instrumentSACKBUTAAcross 5: Daughters interrupted by expression of hesitation I have producedDERIVEDAAcross 9: They criticise struggle to fill water containers beside riverREVIEWERSAAcross 10: Parents accommodate heading for Rome (Italian city)PARMAAAcross 11: Chilled response about source of unusual accentBURRAAcross 12: Love – i.e., bums heaving – in these?BLUEMOVIESAAcross 14: Prepared to come round to fix instrumentSPINETAAcross 15: Detective encountering nonsense about one US cityDETROITAAcross 16: Week One in US series is sentimentalMAWKISHAAcross 18: Nothing new purchased, having missed openingNOUGHTAAcross 20: Yorkshire produce an encouragement for Arab?RIDING CROPAAcross 21: Much-favoured bridge team where lawyers gatherINNSAAcross 24: Short story identifying detective, in brief?CONTEAAcross 25: Little space to be engrossed in accommodating a ventureENDEAVOURAAcross 26: Dictionary is holding up returning name of complexOEDIPUSAAcross 27: List best type of desks?ROLLTOPDDown 1: Cancel membership fee after receiving creditSCRUBDDown 2: Conceal part of innings in tournamentCOVER-UPDDown 2: Conceal part of innings in tournamentCOVERUPDDown 3: Runs after people gathering for a drinkBEERDDown 4: Somehow pitches tent OK, securing height and length? Things become more complexTHEPLOTTHICKENSDDown 5: Monks heading for Hell, largest first?DESCENDINGORDERDDown 6: Left in charge over European committee appointmentRAPPORTEURDDown 7: Check I leave after taking in conclusion of another Hitchcock filmVERTIGODDown 8: Determined a Duke should be borne by galloping steedDEAD SETDDown 13: Source of drugs, I note, given to male politicianINDIAN HEMPDDown 16: Leather companies taking different directions after excess trimmedMOROCCODDown 17: Welsh papers stop including English spreadWIDENEDDDown 19: Display hospital article on inflammatory diseaseHANG OUTDDown 19: Display hospital article on inflammatory diseaseHANGOUTDDown 22: Second year completed? SweetSYRUPDDown 23: College had reduced studentsHALL