The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Monday, 16th January 2017

There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 16th January 2017. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Bread in test case exhibited in court
AAcross 5:	A boring set-up
AAcross 5:	A boring set-up
AAcross 9:	Big dog very good about change of lead
AAcross 10:	Highly bred?
AAcross 12:	The church always brings comfort
AAcross 13:	Drunken roisterer to frighten people badly
AAcross 14:	Wrote and agreed
AAcross 18:	They may be running the moment race is organised
AAcross 21:	Pays for implement to make furniture
AAcross 23:	Fossil resin that should be approached with caution
AAcross 24:	State some foregone conclusion
AAcross 25:	Head south for the main cities
AAcross 26:	Part the cad needed to play
AAcross 27:	Repairmen take in article in turns
DDown 1:	Do a rush job on the roof?
DDown 2:	One's king set up a republic
DDown 3:	Such a steak is rarely served
DDown 4:	Initial repetition is only repetition after all
DDown 6:	Girl has half an hour in a state
DDown 7:	Cancels order for windscreens — not new
DDown 8:	Gallery finds finales welcome surprises
DDown 11:	News handout of journalists' redundancy
DDown 15:	Performance in the theatre switched to open air
DDown 16:	A spot of capital punishment
DDown 17:	I am on the way — the way forward
DDown 19:	Idle Jack leads, fuming
DDown 20:	Course at Oxford is after credit when in trouble
DDown 22:	Good man in charge, with love at heart, makes a good bearer