The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 12th February 2008 There are 15 across clues and 10 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 12th February 2008. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: After church, stranger's in better spiritsCHEERIERAAcross 9: Gold, for example, possible in location north of CaliforniaOREGONAAcross 10: Indian old man gripped by painAPACHEAAcross 11: Water and oil, say, for cars and buses, sayVEHICLESAAcross 12: Here answer's having no nameANONAAcross 12: Here answer's having no nameANON.AAcross 13: Go ballistic and attack Thatcher's work, perhaps?HIT THE ROOFAAcross 15: Hospital eyeing changes in healthy practiceHYGIENEAAcross 16: Fruit from tree criminal put in sackFIR CONEAAcross 18: Somewhat outraged, I answer for some playersTRAGEDIANSAAcross 19: Job, for example, that's bound to be completedBOOKAAcross 20: Embraced by a friend, supporting with very positive responseAPPROVALAAcross 22: Aboard carrier, there's work to be doneIN-TRAYAAcross 23: Visitor to our world from remote partsMETEORAAcross 24: Total assets of the town diverted to protect monarchNETWORTHDDown 1: Our lowest denomination forsaken as Epiphany cameTHEPENNYDROPPEDDDown 2: As exemplified by "Three, two, one, dive!"?DESCENDINGORDERDDown 3: Heed voting in new assembly and signal assentGIVETHENODDDown 4: Seriousness of something that affects all on earthGRAVITYDDown 5: Bear precisely half of ridiculePOOHDDown 6: Pass a diamond to Nick in play and finish in lowest positionREACHROCKBOTTOMDDown 7: Topple inside foxhole and return to realityCOMEDOWNTOEARTHDDown 14: Garments in sorry state abandoned in Irish trashHAIRSHIRTSDDown 17: River fish moving under 4FALLINGDDown 21: As this, best is not very different from worstVERB