The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 7th February 2008 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 7th February 2008. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: A copper's opening message can be chargedACCUSABLEAAcross 6: Lifted by the third power cutCUBEDAAcross 9: Swimmer in mottled 1 downBREAMAAcross 10: Demanding to be driven round Hertfordshire townSTRINGENTAAcross 11: Again got to study about many sheets?REACQUIREDAAcross 12: Fine drizzle not popular for vegetableOKRAAAcross 14: Novel report, the whole thingSHEBANGAAcross 15: Carol carrying little money, not hard for her to be a parasiteSPONGERAAcross 17: This touching part of 'The Ring' explosive, encapsulating endless composition of WagnerTANGENTAAcross 19: Boats stick to foreign water and crossBATEAUXAAcross 20: Smart to listen to Holy Spirit?NEATAAcross 22: Gap widens, right around the extent of rail, perhapsWINGSPREADAAcross 25: Spanish gentleman hired vehicle to go across the Pyrenees, coming to nothingCABALLEROAAcross 26: See 4SHARKAAcross 27: Not entirely relaxed, it proving extremeLIMITAAcross 28: He has to drop aitches to offer - himself?EASTENDERDDown 1: Not all of Camberwell Green's superior!AMBERDDown 2: Difficult case (section), ending in operation?CAESAREANDDown 3: Brahms (and Liszt) -Requiem, as very small part of it?SEMIQUAVERDDown 4: Men cutting tree through its exterior find this animal on the surfaceBASKINGDDown 5: Scalped brave unlikely to catch a thing?EARLESSDDown 6: Punish murderer soundlyCANEDDown 7: Holiday snapBREAKDDown 8: Such a grid's pointed to mad, mad cruciverbalist, ultimately: man of farceDOT MATRIXDDown 13: Besides the previous filling, might this prevent another?TOOTHPASTEDDown 14: Placed before an individual state, becomes evilSATANICALDDown 16: Is one reserved for the late programme scheduler?GRAVEYARDDDown 18: Virtually all old masters turned up, including Turner's 'Last Ship'TRIREMEDDown 19: Pesticide's for this plantBUGLOSSDDown 21: The Beatles' was White, though somewhat less than whiteALBUMDDown 23: Capital of Denmark, alias that of Russia and that of SenegalDAKARDDown 24: See 16SLOT