The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 23rd February 2007 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 23rd February 2007. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Angels providing bishop with doshBACKERSAAcross 5: Bury abridged article that's cruelINHUMANAAcross 9: Firm dates arranged by fleetSTEADFASTAAcross 10: Prison camps, extremely unethical, shrouded in silenceGULAGAAcross 11: Be pleased, sort of, with one of the same kindLIKEAAcross 12: Similar? Tit, cuckoo and hawk?MILITARISTAAcross 14: Prominent headline about power cutSPLASHAAcross 15: Comedian needing no introduction, very unsteadyDODDERYAAcross 16: New beginning in Central America - people coming back to capital of HondurasREBIRTHAAcross 18: Delivery from Galway or KerryYORKERAAcross 20: Making the best of it, imposing orderOPTIMISINGAAcross 21: Trite quotation by squadron leader excluding womenSTAGAAcross 24: In Scottish town - golfer's last resort?TROONAAcross 25: Telling off worthless American?NO-ACCOUNTAAcross 26: Sally, from redbrick university, starts to cryRUSH OUTAAcross 27: Pledge given by English composer to stop us rejecting opus?EARNESTDDown 1: Foundation by lake somewhere in SwitzerlandBASELDDown 2: Stay at university for examinationCHECKUPDDown 3: Mary Baker in a whirlEDDYDDown 4: Container for doubloons, perhaps: cask up a treeSPANISH CHESTNUTDDown 5: Now Israeli general in hiding eats bananasINTHISDAYANDAGEDDown 6: Stranded like drunk wanting drink?HIGHANDDRYDDown 7: Uneasiness of some Asians in the audienceMALAISEDDown 8: Irregular thing put on empty lorry at regular intervalsNIGHTLYDDown 13: Bones taken by soldiers to river in AmericaSACRAMENTODDown 16: Duck included in list as barnyard fowlROOSTERDDown 17: Panto role only assigned to PolesBUTTONSDDown 19: Rave in French Quarter - so constrained!ENTHUSEDDown 22: Attack verbally? That's meanGET ATDDown 23: Mark Wilde loses his headSCAR