The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 15th February 2007 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 15th February 2007. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Quarrel over arms proliferation?NUCLEARFALLOUTAAcross 9: Signal carrying little weightVERY-LIGHTAAcross 10: Germany in with broadness of beamWIDTHAAcross 11: Rule about unknownREIGNAAcross 12: English check over comfortable environmentECOSYSTEMAAcross 13: To get slim I returned and had a mealEMACIATEAAcross 14: Suit in which to give emphasisSPADESAAcross 17: Directions limiting poet producing epic verseEPOPEEAAcross 19: Goal with rich type to be one of the few in chargeOLIGARCHAAcross 22: One to get all our members irritated?LAGERLOUTAAcross 24: What animal classically rules over?TIGERAAcross 25: Idiots in Oz, not from a grammar schoolNONGSAAcross 26: Bring worker into the country, which is not to be ignoredIMPORTANTAAcross 27: A viral infection is abroad, lengthwise in lower legACHILLES TENDONDDown 1: Mortgaged estate?NEVER-NEVER LANDDDown 2: Car (not one around recently)CORTINADDown 3: A wild rose can be elegant in flowerEGLANTINEDDown 4: Old catalogues brought up the street to the SteptoesRAGMENTSDDown 5: Battle - one taking place in West London suburbACTIONDDown 6: Artist for the underground?LOWRYDDown 7: Of doubtful age, like an old maidUNDATEDDDown 8: A craftsman, nothing other than mass-producerTHOMASSHERATONDDown 15: Do the perverted gape there?PAGETHREEDDown 16: Creature seen in playtime to drink upPLATYPUSDDown 18: Maybe free-range, like men taken to state penitentiary, almostORGANICDDown 20: Squirmed audibly, one having lost ballRIGGALDDDown 21: Gay girl on the bottleJOVIALDDown 23: A sage, Irish from first to lastRISHI