The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 15th February 2008 There are 13 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 15th February 2008. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: "Equus" mundanely lacks the space for tomfooleryHORSEPLAYAAcross 10: Possibly caught in the field with social capOUTDOAAcross 11: Cold in skimpy garment - no good being a sausage maker?MINCINGAAcross 12: Artist's impression of trees spurnedWOODCUTAAcross 13: A tail-less, devouring creature's placeLOCUSAAcross 14: It's moored at sea, like a power boatMOTORISEDAAcross 16: Guardian's line in Truss discussion such as 4,8,22 and 23 downFOURLETTERWORDSAAcross 19: Silly game interrupted by independent credit settersLUDICROUSAAcross 21: Glad you said that's "overdrawn, steeped in schmaltz"GOODOAAcross 22: Piped music puts only one part of mediocre choir into leadPIBROCHAAcross 23: They're made to scare crew mastersMENACESAAcross 24: More than one sea water supply system?MAINSAAcross 25: The builder, decapitated by Louis VI, pathetically unawareOBLIVIOUSDDown 1: Not much to drink (much less than a full finger in fact)THIMBLEFULDDown 2: Wine from well-respected source spiked by narcotic drug (not aural)GRANDCRUDDown 3: Perhaps Mozart's class stifling Salieri ultimatelyGENIUSDDown 4: Unimportant employee guarding Latin blockCLOGDDown 5: One possibly viewing a crime as a mark of King Edward, joker and crime-fighter?EYEWITNESSDDown 6: As the procrastinator says in honour of easy listening music scene?TOMORROWDDown 7: Switches pinsSTICKSDDown 8: Scary word applied to top of tree trunkBOOTDDown 14: The state of Hattie Jacques in more than one filmMATRONHOODDDown 15: Rob's insult about unprofessional law enforcement teamsDISPOSSESSDDown 17: Team sport, unlike this clue, accommodated by the FrenchLA CROSSEDDown 17: Team sport, unlike this clue, accommodated by the FrenchLACROSSEDDown 18: Swede's description of tripe including round cutROOT CROPDDown 20: Gentleman Bottom raised the remains of a wreckDEBRISDDown 21: Conventional city?GENEVADDown 22: Question what might produce inflationPUMPDDown 23: One in a train possibly heard to cry feeblyMULE