The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 15th February 2006 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 15th February 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Speaking first to boy at college, being interrupted by footballer from a London suburbSTOKENEWINGTONAAcross 9: Send the wrong way - Maidenhead is straight forwardMISDIRECTAAcross 10: Check on car timeAUDITAAcross 11: Greek character with pass coming round when the doctor is off?LOCUMAAcross 12: Man and young woman get little one to do needleworkHEMSTITCHAAcross 13: Turning aside to affirm money is goodAVERTINGAAcross 14: Little girl's teacher called back from wreckageDEBRISAAcross 17: Professional losing right for many to anticipateEXPECTAAcross 19: Arising from a sci-fi tiff, argue for drawings to be shown in public placesGRAFFITIAAcross 22: Ask Uncle Henry cunningly to get rid of the chainUNSHACKLEAAcross 24: Said to have hired the minimumLEASTAAcross 25: A form of indulgence that is defended by nothing, on reflectionLIE-INAAcross 26: Restriction on Soviet aircraft moving elsewhereMIGRATIONAAcross 27: People say "No Fee" could be the favouriteAPPLEOFONESEYEDDown 1: Happening at the same time as I'm in the old Turks' Head getting introductions to every odd, unsuspecting stranger like youSIMULTANEOUSLYDDown 2: The Spanish calf's head is thus served up on a plateOSSICLEDDown 3: Me acting? I could be hard to make outENIGMATICDDown 4: Big Ears with the phenomenal memory is rejoining the panelELEPHANTDDown 5: See 8IN TIMEDDown 5: See 8INTIMEDDown 6: Huge Scotsman getting round a gin and tonic? On the contraryGIANTDDown 7: Senior citizen comes in for a gold stereo!OLDSTERDDown 8: Dreadful taste in ties, Mitch and I - all so long ago nowATTHISDISTANCEDDown 15: Flake off, dripping round oil spilt in riverEXFOLIATEDDown 16: Surrealist painter to urge 10 to play in rapid progressionARPEGGIODDown 18: Collage a scientist almost accepts quietlyPASTE-UPDDown 18: Collage a scientist almost accepts quietlyPASTEUPDDown 20: Have idea about what's popular - think!IMAGINEDDown 21: Stance adopted by a Kipling character with a problemAKIMBODDown 23: Revoke article missing from yearbookANNUL