The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 28th February 2011 There are 17 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 28th February 2011. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Influences or distorts the standardCOLOURSAAcross 5: Makes an entry, a footnote about fruitAPPEARSAAcross 10: Hairstyle for a makeoverAFROAAcross 11: Tender after getting the stick? One may give you treatmentSTAFFNURSEAAcross 12: One making records gets the music rightSCORERAAcross 13: Probe about language is wideningDILATINGAAcross 14: Emerge neither winner nor loser still after a piece of luckBREAK EVENAAcross 14: Emerge neither winner nor loser still after a piece of luckBREAKEVENAAcross 16: Wood works in churchCOPSEAAcross 17: Nearly every one goes by taxi for the partyCABALAAcross 19: Political leaders revised means testSTATESMENAAcross 23: Growing area, one with a shrubGARDENIAAAcross 24: Duke Ellington's mood?INDIGOAAcross 26: Currently the chief form of jazz?MAINSTREAMAAcross 27: China teaMATEAAcross 28: Open with a play by ShawCANDIDAAAcross 29: Publicity coverage of speechADDRESSDDown 2: Substandard rice pudding served in the wardroom?OFFICERDDown 3: Smell reportedly comes from riverODOURDDown 4: Book not one's first choiceRESERVEDDown 6: Rubbish heap contains heads of faded flowersPIFFLEDDown 7: Unusual quotes in a maths book?EQUATIONSDDown 8: Objects to Ernest's replacementRESENTSDDown 9: Slept and dreamed about a new shipPADDLE STEAMERDDown 15: Deserted, being completely irresponsibleABANDONEDDDown 18: Sailor held by a devout Buddhist stateALABAMADDown 20: Adjusted the sails and dockedTRIMMEDDDown 21: Fractions of the highest orderEIGHTHSDDown 22: Joined the clubUNITEDDDown 25: To be hesitant is not entirely modestDEMUR