The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 28th February 2008 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 28th February 2008. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Secretary carrying round fast food in ItalyPOLENTAAAcross 5: Strategies involving endless chessmenSCHEMESAAcross 9: "Jelly" is a term of racial abuseASPICAAcross 10: Bug church in which minerals shineFLUORESCEAAcross 11: Effrontery confronted in half-moon?BAREFACEDCHEEKAAcross 13: Scrap a piece of classical musicRAGAAAcross 14: Footloose Native American including zebra's head in game soupGAZPACHOAAcross 17: Dominant partner in this pair?TROUSERSAAcross 18: Painter stops wasting timeHALSAAcross 21: Nobleman to bail out in a metropolis, having to carry canACCOUNTABILITYAAcross 23: Much-loved Mama, in brief, returns to the valleyTROSSACHSAAcross 24: Halfwit exposed handDUMMYAAcross 25: Frank had slightly more than EdithREGRETSAAcross 26: Drive mad queen into jeopardy, almostDERANGEDDown 1: Excellent soft coveringPHATDDown 2: Type of dancer performed vocal work involving response to pun on "T"?LAPSANGSOUCHONGDDown 3: Pinch the foreign coinNICKELDDown 4: Brawl in which decapitated Welshman smothers artistAFFRAYDDown 5: In which to cook vegetable - one found in hothouse, mostlySAUCEPANDDown 6: Shrew consuming battered cod from paperHARD COPYDDown 7: Foreign parent FRCS treats ineptly, being introduced to expertMASTERCRAFTSMANDDown 8: Boozer swamps wooden hotel restaurantSTEAKHOUSEDDown 12: Capsized craft interrupting official draughtsman's instrumentPROTRACTORDDown 15: Sketch of Parisian who's in beingESQUISSEDDown 16: Prescott changes guardsPROTECTSDDown 19: Retired American held to be ill-done byABUSEDDDown 20: Good songs lacking electronic conveyanceGLIDERDDown 22: Recorded morsel of memoryBYTE