The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 18th February 2009 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 18th February 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Design that's permanent and vulgar as wellTATTOOAAcross 4: Call back to London and put in confinementLAID UPAAcross 9: Use force (if clumsily) before reaching corrupt leaderOFFICERINCHARGEAAcross 10: See 18 downGENTRYAAcross 11: Vibration heard from upper-class car in old liberal circlesWHIRRINGAAcross 12: Guardian to be like Spectator, the bounder?WATCHDOGAAcross 14: Upper-class type has totally wrong deliveryNO BALLAAcross 15: See 2OFFATEAAcross 18: Upper-class address of cricketer's jointLORDSHIPAAcross 21: Grow subsequently, following nitrogen injection in limbLENGTHENAAcross 22: Detect water or steamNOTICEAAcross 24: Working-class and drunk? A libellous slur!UNSKILLEDLABOURAAcross 25: Saw abstract of essay in GuardianSAYINGAAcross 26: Incomplete sentence for alleged disturbancesPHRASEDDown 1: Silk gets brief, thanks to French cheeseTAFFETADDown 2: Sweat it out about upper-class type with surprising resultTWISTDDown 3: Solvers in demand after nothing like CyclopsONE-EYEDDDown 5: Upper-class type gets into fight at saleAUCTIONDDown 6: Complaints heard from some Indian social groupingsDIATRIBESDDown 7: Plain plastic setting for silver leaf constructedPAGINALDDown 8: Bravo, Boatman! Going west in carriage for upper-class type?BIGWIGDDown 13: Get from A to B around eg HackneyCHANGEKEYDDown 16: See 19FIENNESDDown 17: Try out coherently defined social groupingECHELONDDown 18: Upper-class type on seashore before pole attempt …LANDEDDDown 19: … his pole attempts were ultimately for insane fun when getting lostRANULPHDDown 20: Admit it's fashionable: what Boatman reportedly did for this wordINCLUDEDDown 23: Extract and heat a black instrumentTABLA