The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 1st February 2008 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 1st February 2008. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: King with French horn twirling left abandoned returning music genreROCK 'N' ROLLAAcross 9: King with French horn twirling left abandoned returning music genreROCK'N'ROLLAAcross 10: I used to think soldiers in a group fail to get onPLATOAAcross 11: Crap time had hereDUNGEONAAcross 12: Keeping up with the fellow-compiling Joneses?CLUEDINAAcross 13: Heady protuberance turns up in scanCAPUTAAcross 14: Brand, say, written on outside of can for goods exchangeMARKETINGAAcross 16: Board of control met unit planners to thrash it outINSTRUMENT PANELAAcross 19: The odd coin pocketed by sorceress in retiring spellECCENTRICAAcross 21: Wife's ceaseless bellyacheSQUAWAAcross 22: Paradoxical problem Martin has? RestraintTRAMMELAAcross 23: In saying it accompanies more water, MP putting on other hatMERRIERAAcross 24: Ten to zero, counting backwards? It's elementaryXENONAAcross 25: Supply RNA to supplement form of bluish cleanerNAILBRUSHDDown 1: Made to appear naff when using it?PREDICTIVEDDown 2: Southern guy I meant to say curbing Northern spiritSCHNAPPSDDown 3: Eat noisily for a laughINJESTDDown 4: Route for jog modern women lay out?DOWNDDown 5: Means of getting through to me in clerical workELECTRONICDDown 6: Groom up-and-coming youngsters bottling new cureSPRUCE UPDDown 7: Statesman who's through firing and hiring?GANDHIDDown 8: Chicks located under throne by deserving writerJOHNDDown 14: See 4MEMORYLANEDDown 15: See 8GALSWORTHYDDown 17: Assignation of new entitlement from the polls?RENAMINGDDown 18: Insult divers find acceptable to the French subNAUTILUSDDown 20: Managed Big Apple clubs with promotion for openingCRANNYDDown 21: Make light of second designate pinching rightSTROBEDDown 22: See 1TEXTDDown 23: See 5MAIL