The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 6th February 2012 There are 13 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 6th February 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 5: Low-down attempt to define middle-class peopleGENTRYAAcross 6: Neat soft drink dispensersUDDERSAAcross 9: Manage to assemble a partyMAKE-DOAAcross 10: No task for a failureOMISSIONAAcross 11: Top brass turn to a black marketeerSPIVAAcross 12: Working out final countFUNCTIONALAAcross 13: Comprehensive horoscope for well-known performers in the show?ALLSTARCASTAAcross 18: Policeman — in the Flying Squad?BLUEBOTTLEAAcross 21: It's used to catch small river fishREELAAcross 22: A Ford not involved in making repeated journeys between placesTO AND FROAAcross 23: Fool is to get bad abuseASSAILAAcross 24: Rescue needs organising fastSECUREAAcross 25: Maintain a lock so it turnsASSERTDDown 1: Space travel in novel formINTERVALDDown 2: Withdraw in tears?CRYOFFDDown 3: Triad involvement with CIA between Italy and AlbaniaADRIATICDDown 4: Dismisses a proposal to start movingLETSGODDown 5: Clutches twigsGRASPSDDown 7: Work hard on an advertising jingleSLOGANDDown 8: All together now: "Knees bend!"JOINTACTIONDDown 14: They jeer at consumersSCOFFERSDDown 15: Under pressure to give up sweetsSTRESSEDDDown 16: Flourishes and prospers without moneyBLOOMSDDown 17: One's getting in support to carry on the fightRESISTDDown 19: She finds English university pleasantEUNICEDDown 20: England's first slip gets run outELAPSE