The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 5th February 2010 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 5th February 2010. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: Nice girl from the corps de ballet?DANSEUSEAAcross 9: Wry fellow in ICI reorganisationIRONICAAcross 10: Lose control when disk breaksSKIDAAcross 11: The insincerity of a miming choirboy?LIP SERVICEAAcross 12: It keeps me in my placeCORSETAAcross 14: What's left except a cueREMINDERAAcross 15: The most recent Hollywood matchLATESTAAcross 17: Creepers in the garden, an old curseSNAILSAAcross 20: A sincere developmentINCREASEAAcross 22: Quiet man at short legGENTLEAAcross 23: Where to get a slice of the money?BREAD BOARDAAcross 23: Where to get a slice of the money?BREADBOARDAAcross 24: Bound to disappointDASHAAcross 25: Firm support for a follower of fashionCOPIERAAcross 26: Once said surprisingly of a bishopDIOCESANDDown 1: Give the money for aeroplane manoeuvresBANKROLLDDown 2: Accustomed to being regularly unsteadyUSEDDDown 3: Fish from BarnetMULLETDDown 4: Fault-finder and humorous poet?LINESMANDDown 5: An assembly of squares …CONVENTIONDDown 6: … round which could be magicCIRCLEDDown 8: Authority of MP in a republicEMPIREDDown 13: Exotic Australian festivalSATURNALIADDown 16: Where the swordsman goes for coverSCABBARDDDown 18: Traveller whose death was a dramaSALESMANDDown 19: See seething rage on roadREGARDDDown 21: Gorgon's ultimate weapon is constrainedNARROWDDown 22: He nods off after effortGODSONDDown 24: Diamonds with positive coloursDYES