The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 3rd February 2011 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 3rd February 2011. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Hellish hovel has big guy losing footingSTYGIANAAcross 5: Hole number dealing with bad habitCREVICEAAcross 10: Austen's letter to old signallerEMMAAAcross 11: 28's boy to give us the facts about the little gentleman from ParisTELEMACHUSAAcross 12: Clothes with gold one of many to …SUITORAAcross 13: … write "run away with me and forget 28"PENELOPEAAcross 14: There's still plenty of time for audience to Lady Gaga — years!EARLY DAYSAAcross 16: Henry Cary, writer of 28JAMESAAcross 17: See 16JOYCEAAcross 19: Where lion and unicorn finished up encouraging car use?OUT-OF-TOWNAAcross 23: Court affair broadcast continuously by writer of 28TENNYSONAAcross 24: Consent of some whose reports show barbariansYAHOOSAAcross 26: War secrets disclosed that have pungent tasteWATERCRESSAAcross 27: Jane Russell's version of 10MAMEAAcross 28: Much of summer season not on, they say, for travellerULYSSESAAcross 29: Monster not reduced following fire?HYDRANTDDown 2: Skill catching up with me coming up with fishy dishTEMPURADDown 3: Admit 28GRANTDDown 4: Wearing a tie that's gone limpATTIREDDDown 6: Traveller heard deer in large numbersROMANYDDown 7: Unable to decide on house containing account booksVACILLANTDDown 8: Bottom in semicircle to collapseCRUMPLEDDown 9: Potter story suffers cuts by being turned into comic stripsFLOPSYBUNNIESDDown 15: One studying most of ancient Britons observes publicansLICENSEESDDown 18: In which commander-in-chief should be 4?OVERALLDDown 20: It's about 28: say, is he queer?ODYSSEYDDown 21: Court rendered mad by New ForesterWOODMANDDown 22: Growing girl dropping to revolutionary spiritPSYCHEDDown 25: Pigeon for writer of 20HOMER