The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 9th February 2006 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 9th February 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Film of 14 across with inch for yard - for footTOOTSIEAAcross 5: 40.5 gallons to be knocked downNINEPINAAcross 9: Disentangling the Crux Australis crater - no SATS for such activitiesEXTRACURRICULARAAcross 10: Foolish one - majority of planetINEPTAAcross 11: Coins have been used to make a swordSCHIAVONEAAcross 12: Late actor gave sign to compere JeromeLEOMCKERNAAcross 14: Not so could be an answerDUSTYAAcross 15: Scene of Zeus worship's a touch in 2MIDASAAcross 16: For C F# playing after isinglass is producedFISHSCRAPAAcross 18: Riddle to study: what does Kofi have to beat?CONUNDRUMAAcross 21: Needing a paper knife in original versionUNCUTAAcross 22: Solomon's visitor from DumfriesQUEENOFTHESOUTHAAcross 23: Settlement round river for singular inside organsENTRAILAAcross 24: Great ship with energy followingEASTERNDDown 1: Opera heroine using three-legg'd stool when fitTHEGIRLDDown 2: See 1 downOFTHEGOLDENWESTDDown 3: Pole to split bill with American gladiatorSPARTACUSDDown 4: English question American horseEQUUSDDown 5: Name or objects for movements in the other directionNORTHINGSDDown 6: Scruff has such a reversal of directionNUCHADDown 7: Much hurt swollen up in illustration of volcanic effectPILLOWSTRUCTUREDDown 8: Where are the gardener's children?NURSERYDDown 13: Strenuous discovery of truffle?EFFORTFULDDown 14: Systematic treatment of hell and damnation cut short by the GuardianDISCURSUSDDown 15: Mother and I leave Turkish boat with monkeyMACAQUEDDown 17: Co-operate with excavation featurePITCH INDDown 19: Killer of man in JapanNINJADDown 20: German flower artist loses model - put in hospitalMOHNE