The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 11th February 2009 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 11th February 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Ring student beset by sirenCIRCLEAAcross 4: Virgin appearing in old wives' taleVESTALAAcross 9: Piercing cryKEENAAcross 10: A sailor in fog like Friedman?MONETARISTAAcross 11: Many getting into a temper simultaneouslyAT ONCEAAcross 12: Lift to reveal assemblyELEVATORAAcross 13: Trim fruit covered in mouldSHIPSHAPEAAcross 15: Leave when the gin's knocked backPARTAAcross 16: Go off English church leaderPOPEAAcross 17: Conclude shingle is unproductiveINFERTILEAAcross 21: Incline to stop in allotmentGRADIENTAAcross 22: Ceremony is only two-thirds sacredRITUALAAcross 24: Simple edit transformed legal restrictionSPEED LIMITAAcross 25: Stick with joinerWANDAAcross 26: Jade occupied by doctor's vocal qualityTIMBREAAcross 27: Mortar used for levelling a long passageSCREEDDDown 1: Brilliant sprinter is a fraud, they sayCHEETAHDDown 2: Quarrel leads to arrestRUN-INDDown 3: Archbishop hit little girlLAMBETHDDown 5: Bridge players experience mounting admirationESTEEMDDown 6: A good social worker supports sentence for harridanTERMAGANTDDown 7: See through the French porterLAST OUTDDown 8: Continue a poem after recomposing fairy-tale openingONCEUPONATIMEDDown 14: Trimmed some paper? Fancy!PIPE DREAMDDown 16: Mirror in section of wallPARAPETDDown 18: Wayward vermin found in Morecambe?ERRATICDDown 19: King Edward is eruditeLEARNEDDDown 20: Recall breaking into storeroomCELLARDDown 23: We sat in disarray for the strapTAWSE