The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 8th February 2005 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 8th February 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Middle Easterner carrying on in the intervalSEMITONEAAcross 9: The girl for Shed (inter alia)AMELIAAAcross 10: Tendency to corruptBENTAAcross 11: Superior number of monetary units secures return of washbowlPREVALENCEAAcross 12: Supple mountaineer loses headLIMBERAAcross 14: A vehicle in the distance appears friendlyAMICABLEAAcross 15: Poorly organised society of very poor qualitySCRAPPYAAcross 17: Have an effect, making Gemini, perhaps, keep quietIMPINGEAAcross 20: Finance Spooner's smelly dish?BANKROLLAAcross 22: Detective equipment in the flowers holding name backSENSORAAcross 23: Identify as culprit, taking quiet moment with tradespersonFISHMONGERAAcross 24: Brit Pop's opening ceremonyPOMPAAcross 25: Cricketer drops point before round danceBOLEROAAcross 26: Some children sheltering others in animated familySIMPSONSDDown 1: Many a wise guy suppressing anger rises for something to eatCELERIACDDown 2: Vocally regretted poor driving conditionsMISTDDown 3: Excessively standard accent concealed monarch's lack of activityTORPORDDown 4: Enlarge to become all-encompassingGENERALDDown 5: A job for archaeologists in Italian city? Almost a blueprintPARADIGMDDown 6: Betrayal involving a waste disposal operationDEFECATIONDDown 7: Califs upset by the procurator, perhapsFISCALDDown 13: Belgium is in need of Dickensian wrong 'unBLACK SHEEPDDown 16: Formal code could be a 24 down in the makingPROTOCOLDDown 18: Old substitute for drug in brilliant twilightGLOAMINGDDown 19: Fifth-rate celebrities, including (for instance) John Donne?ELEGISTDDown 21: Prophet picks up serviceman's foreign friendsAMIGOSDDown 22: Creature from the sea's edge takes one's place in shipSHRIMPDDown 24: Licence to overtakePASS