The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 19th February 2007 There are 14 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 19th February 2007. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Just puts a point on blunt endHONESTAAcross 5: He trains regularly before workCOMMUTERAAcross 9: Guard ordered to breached lineSENTINELAAcross 10: Soldier has complaint for stew that's highly seasonedRAGOUTAAcross 11: Keen to find cuisine that's differentENTHUSIASTICAAcross 13: So far fit for the jobUP TOAAcross 14: Bird of ill omen to criminals in the pastBLACKCAPAAcross 17: He has one pound, about to invest in foreign capitalHELSINKIAAcross 18: One to be crossed with a goatIBEXAAcross 20: Badly beaten, apparently, by two balls at snookerBLACK-AND-BLUEAAcross 23: Foreign affairs?AMOURSAAcross 24: He's wicked to make lover die in a nasty wayEVILDOERAAcross 25: Objects after tips turn out to be salariesSTIPENDSAAcross 26: Nothing more than a 50-50 chance, neverthelessEVEN SODDown 2: Yet such a championship may be closeOPENDDown 3: French privateENTRENOUSDDown 4: A number set about forming principlesTENETSDDown 5: The problem of people who see things only in black and white?COLOUR BLINDNESSDDown 6: Such a seat may be alarming to an MPMARGINALDDown 7: Encourages one's desiresURGESDDown 8: Edits a clue, perhaps, and makes it clearELUCIDATESDDown 12: Sort of simple diet it's dangerous to exceedSPEED LIMITDDown 15: It could be ground where games are finely balancedKNIFE-EDGEDDown 16: Dodges past the doorkeeper - a telltale offenceSNEAKSINDDown 19: Watergate clue is contrivedSLUICEDDown 21: A shapeless mass, even with its top cut offCLUMPDDown 22: Rigid forms of worshipPEWS