The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 14th February 2008 There are 15 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 14th February 2008. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Horse from European Union gasps, having had treatmentPEGASUSAAcross 5: PC has yen to act out a kind of murderCOPYCATAAcross 9: Aggressive man from crowd at the box officeRAMBOAAcross 10: Detest a crowd being about in tea breaksABOMINATEAAcross 11: Don't be entranced by such a salesman!DOOR-TO-DOORAAcross 12: Check stockSTEMAAcross 14: Group of islands with a pair, eg having loch incorporatedARCHIPELAGOAAcross 18: It's regularly worn outsideOVERGARMENTAAcross 21: Flap when head overlooked the art centreTATEAAcross 22: Superior selection of wines, we hear, which has sold a lotBEST SELLERAAcross 22: Superior selection of wines, we hear, which has sold a lotBESTSELLERAAcross 25: Character featuring largely in book by RabelaisGARGANTUAAAcross 26: Part of the churchman's emolument?MANSEAAcross 27: Had reed camouflaged this duck?REDHEADAAcross 28: Church in error about what's trueSINCEREDDown 1: Party lifted for time in party skitPARODYDDown 2: Spring seen in spring?GAMBOLDDown 3: Grant horse is running, but over a limited distanceSHORT-RANGEDDown 4: Acknowledge mistake while on one's feetSTANDDDown 5: Lamentations? Not 28!CROCODILEDDown 6: Stiffly formal, but with a soft edgePRIMDDown 7: Wallop - and then gin? Nonsense!CLAPTRAPDDown 8: A little bit thrown out by the heatTHERMIONDDown 13: He could be interested in the bar and a glassWEATHERMANDDown 15: See 4CORRECTEDDDown 16: One with a place to rest - a little one, not exactly greatCOTTAGERDDown 17: Provided nourishment round trees, decayed and rottedFESTEREDDDown 19: Breather in the exercises required for a divePLUNGEDDown 20: Casually go in; it's an easy thing to doBREEZEDDown 23: See 5TEARSDDown 24: Friend for teaMATE