The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 2nd February 2001 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 2nd February 2001. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Duck with drink trouble?PINTAILAAcross 5: One, for example, turning to group for coverBANDAGEAAcross 10: Some cheap seats placed in recessAPSEAAcross 11: Appeal for supernatural aid in one's businessINVOCATIONAAcross 12: Soldier has to enquire about airASKARIAAcross 13: Tear about always, but not disrespectfulREVERENTAAcross 14: Establish correspondence, later suffering change in heartCORRELATEAAcross 16: Figures point to being strainedTENSEAAcross 17: Stiff person in jamSTICKAAcross 19: Binding criticismSTRICTUREAAcross 23: Vehicle in which fairy queen returned with hooligan aboardBROUGHAMAAcross 24: Article about facsimile cover for bedCANOPYAAcross 26: Feelings of people involved in sin test?SENTIMENTSAAcross 27: Country one managed to seeIRANAAcross 28: Undergraduate makes boss throw out tenSTUDENTAAcross 29: Stuck at this point in totalADHEREDDDown 2: Claim to be through with love - isn't that laying it on a bit thick?IMPASTODDown 3: Can't he take the part of a Greek character?THETADDown 4: Starting with a capital letter, usuallyINITIALDDown 6: One with clove-hitch in shady retreatALCOVEDDown 7: The cleaner has put a chap offDETERGENTDDown 8: Keeps airman from flying for good reasonsGROUNDSDDown 9: Exaggeration about summary of financial positionOVERSTATEMENTDDown 15: Enlisted soldiers performed crude riteRECRUITEDDDown 18: Rome shattered by explosive shell, causing distressTORMENTDDown 20: Cut inside out, including first chapterINCISEDDDown 21: Provide a substitute for two materialsREPLACEDDown 22: Counterfeit article by priestSHAMANDDown 25: Artless one in ecclesiastical passageNAIVE