The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 12th February 2001 There are 17 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 12th February 2001. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Out of the office, but receiving calls?AT HOMEAAcross 4: Ill storedLAID UPAAcross 9: Stick together in a difficult situationBINDAAcross 10: An afternoon trip from France?THEDANSANTAAcross 11: Dances arranged to scaleASCENDAAcross 12: How bounders are caught unawares?ONTHEHOPAAcross 13: VIPs give it a going-overRED-CARPETAAcross 15: Main shareholder?LIONAAcross 16: Bird associated with a crowCOCKAAcross 17: Master of the Rolls?CHAUFFEURAAcross 21: The offer of money may make him crossFERRYMANAAcross 22: It's a struggle for an amphibian to get roundEFFORTAAcross 24: Trees will not usually grow above this heightTIMBER LINEAAcross 24: Trees will not usually grow above this heightTIMBERLINEAAcross 25: Over-disposed to wanderROVEAAcross 26: T-junction jamTANGLEAAcross 27: Also seen in the guise of a dandyAS WELLDDown 1: A fabric in disputeATISSUEDDown 2: Field division that takes years to trainHEDGEDDown 3: Ring fighter?MATADORDDown 5: Stays will alter a waistAWAITSDDown 6: Refusal to give credit?DISBELIEFDDown 7: Bridge is a card gamePONTOONDDown 8: Practise putting on a glove?GETONESHANDINDDown 14: Bird killed when in songCOCKROBINDDown 16: He needs a regular supply of drugs to keep goingCHEMISTDDown 18: To economise is of no availUSELESSDDown 19: Separate strands found in a French composerUNRAVELDDown 20: Morning viva voce quite unethicalAMORALDDown 23: The power of a waterfallFORCE