The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 22nd February 2006 There are 17 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 22nd February 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Majority is cut in BosniaMOSTARAAcross 4: Lustreless chalice keeping hot to form a pairMATCH-UPAAcross 4: Lustreless chalice keeping hot to form a pairMATCHUPAAcross 9: Make a good map of premier homeCHARTWELLAAcross 10: Rose, the British QueenBRIERAAcross 11: A Frenchwoman's breast is like virgin soilUNDUGAAcross 12: Commercial work on board is such as may be undertakenADOPTABLEAAcross 13: Mbeki's lot in escape from 20FLEANCEAAcross 15: Average, like a 23 in 20MEDIUMAAcross 17: One who seeks payment has power in 20DUNCANAAcross 19: Utilitarian tendency for bad actorBENTHAMAAcross 22: She's locally privileged to provide for a new meFREEWOMANAAcross 24: Only rich people have the wordsLYRICAAcross 26: Dot what should be dotted, silly foolIDIOTAAcross 27: Crab (for hanging Jeff Davis) could be popular in the Home CountiesSOURAPPLEAAcross 28: Many get stress when lost in TennesseeMEMPHISAAcross 29: Strange men she has to get in her toilsENMESHDDown 1: Leader of misquotation in 20MACDUFFDDown 2: Grass, usually down the mapSWARDDDown 3: I can get in trouble for being stimulatingANTIGENICDDown 4: Military award includes booze out of house in 20MALCOLMDDown 5: Apocryphal portion to leadTOBITDDown 6: Toiletry article hard to treat as nonexistentHAIRBRUSHDDown 7: Drink in 20PORTERDDown 8: Tom gets drug from goddess in 20HECATEDDown 14: From Eminem music I'm missing movement for reconciliationECUMENISMDDown 16: Put on vestment, one in 20DONALBAINDDown 18: Retribution seems in orderNEMESISDDown 19: Put a stop to quoting part of 20BANQUODDown 20: American subject holds award for playMACBETHDDown 21: Say a business? Say yesAFFIRMDDown 23: One of three which can be heard in 20WITCHDDown 25: Three of three eat up moneyRUPEE