The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 23rd February 2010 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 23rd February 2010. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: They replace cesspit, installing reservoirSEPTICTANKSAAcross 9: Disgusting row without orderNOISOMEAAcross 10: Element in jovial elementMERCURYAAcross 11: How long is milk round designed to be in France?KILOMETREAAcross 12: When virtue held church leader backEPOCHAAcross 13: Mark Twain hero's relation to a beanSOYAAAcross 14: Expert, such as Dr Arnold?PAST MASTERAAcross 14: Expert, such as Dr Arnold?PASTMASTERAAcross 16: Promise told to NHS patients is without substanceWEIGHTLESSAAcross 19: Crooked party people dropped by playwrightBENTAAcross 21: Future licensing laws retain an element of the pastRELICAAcross 22: Blimey! It's made individual anti-inflammatoryCORTISONEAAcross 24: Dare to speak from script?READ-OUTAAcross 24: Dare to speak from script?READOUTAAcross 25: When in fact was locally?WHEREASAAcross 26: Oxymoron of bank facility?SAFE-DEPOSITDDown 1: Member of upper house, his aims will rely on reformSHIRLEYWILLIAMSDDown 2: Prelude to concert touring EuropePROEMDDown 3: Irate in amendment opposing motionINERTIADDown 4: Agency worker set off in bad weatherTEMPESTDDown 5: As Fortinbras calls boy from the southNORSEMANDDown 6: Parking in hot summer often is difficult, when you have to grab your chanceSPUR-OF-THE-MOMENTDDown 7: They may bite; short solution comes up — get a birdSNAKESDDown 8: Enigmatic Variation of nonentityCYPHERDDown 15: Writer told to mark attendanceCHECK OFFDDown 15: Writer told to mark attendanceCHECKOFFDDown 16: Religious publication suspicious about credit?WAR CRYDDown 17: How to turn "laced" to "placed"?LOCATEDDDown 18: Complement in drink may make one tightSCREW UPDDown 18: Complement in drink may make one tightSCREWUPDDown 20: Belief is held among the manyTHEISMDDown 23: Theories cast asideIDEAS