The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 3rd February 2012 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 3rd February 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Where apples found, it's said, one has an advantageINSIDERAAcross 5: Having touched base, 7 behind swimmerSEA BASSAAcross 9: Nureyev or I keep holding back ballet companyKIROVAAcross 10: 11 extreme characters, revolutionary, capturing leader of unstable nationVENEZUELAAAcross 11: See 19ENTERPRISEAAcross 12: Exhaust, something on 7 car?TIREAAcross 14: Compound, where Shed and Paul found drunk, getting in after midnight?LEADSULPHATEAAcross 18: Heroes reduced pain in amoebae, sayPROTAGONISTSAAcross 21: Kitty flips, seeing ringLOOPAAcross 22: Fresh in retirement, put out about the limits of youth finding very little accommodationWENDY HOUSEAAcross 25: I send over daring man, old politician Cyrus, getting aheadIN ADVANCEAAcross 26: Little room with love, one between your legs?CELLOAAcross 27: Cat returning to cross river, came across eyeletGROMMETAAcross 28: Show false claim about 7MUSICALDDown 1: Uplifting Japanese healing absorbing indefinite number, so darkerINKIERDDown 2: Guarantee fatty swipes last of dinnerSURETYDDown 3: Bundle of money raised to cover errant lover in court, primarily — this deciding who gets it?DIVORCELAWDDown 4: Dog runs onROVERDDown 5: Roaming as cousins, carefreeSANSSOUCIDDown 6: Cutter says more in conversationADZEDDown 7: Gray as a part of 17 down, say, whose unfinished elegy criminal pans outAMERICANDDown 8: First of six quickies — they're out of this world!SPACEMENDDown 13: Random tests making mark on 7 bank ordersSPOTCHECKSDDown 15: Go crazy wriggling nose into 7 confectionDOONESNUTDDown 16: See 7SPELLINGDDown 17: A party's undertone (7) reaching 7 riverCOLORADODDown 19: Having turned up, leaders in blue lingerie instantly focus (7) to force government initiativePUBLICDDown 20: Shrink from bacterium, turning tail, under bottom of sewerRECOILDDown 23: King had one hand, finally, on paperDREAMDDown 24: Egg emu voted to gobble upOVUM