The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 16th February 2011 There are 16 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 16th February 2011. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Drink problem reversed, one training for the policeMUSCADETAAcross 9: New order in yet? Ten of theseNINETYAAcross 10: Head of Operations in the Mossad going walkabout with 24 acrossTHOMASAAcross 12: She's breaking rule with dodgy planPRUNELLAAAcross 13: I say nothing I seeOOHAAcross 14: Worn out — almost shattered — by the local communityOUROWNAAcross 16: See 28EINSTEINAAcross 17: Harsh half of 15 confused with Ulster UnionistRAUCOUSAAcross 20: Sums involving grand, or halves thereofMONKEYSAAcross 23: QE1 struggling along, negotiating water-filled valleyGLORIANAAAcross 24: Foremost of intellects in classGENIUSAAcross 26: Greenback from Mars?WARAAcross 27: An imposing character — one of Kafka’s — producing type of missileANTITANKAAcross 28: Blare out "2 x (10 ÷ 1)", captivating second 24 acrossALBERTAAcross 31: Pervade conundrumRIDDLEAAcross 32: A horse tender? Strangely not!NEATHERDDDown 1: A lot to eat, but no stomach for itMUCHDDown 2: Swindle detected in Cameron’s campaignSCAMDDown 3: See 10EDISONDDown 4: Author bearing fruit as 24 acrossSTEPHENDDown 5: Funny nun done one (nudge nudge, wink wink …INNUENDODDown 6: Still available to accommodate the German, as promisedUNDERTAKENDDown 7: "Lusty swings" describing attack over dull mindSTULTIFYDDown 11: Alternative resistance from the Guardian columnistORRDDown 14: Blade slicing head off pigOARDDown 15: 24 across Mark Twain's odd characters ignored line in compositionOSCAR WILDEDDown 18: Objectors adopting URL, say, of Fantasy IslandATLANTISDDown 19: Using mobile you arrest an unruly adolescent with no subsidenceUNABATEDDDown 21: Possible message from holed ship?SOSDDown 22: See 4HAWKINGDDown 24: Eureka! Cracked sources of Great Reverend Master!GRAHAMDDown 25: Diamonds, that is, capturing clubsICEDDown 29: Danish physicist locating pong on timeBOHRDDown 30: Bloody right — time to get up!RARE