The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 16th February 2012 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 16th February 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: Various bugs fed alternative foodFRUITANDAAcross 9: Attractive person French engineer is more or less said to be?EYEFULAAcross 10: Poet concerned with hell putting any number offDATEAAcross 11: Awful matinee rot that may amuse the kidsMARIONETTEAAcross 12: Report of an interfering typeMEDLARAAcross 14: See Hindu god dance endlessly in serenadeSHIVAREEAAcross 15: Names announced — they may attract touristsSIGHTSAAcross 17: Fast track creating bitterness at workGALLOPAAcross 20: One girl swallowing another girl's white powderMAGNESIAAAcross 22: Small cake in larder one bridge player provided for partnerPASTRYAAcross 23: Fire priest for being naughty maverickFREE SPIRITAAcross 24: Find a king and a queen among others in this matching attireSUITAAcross 25: Returning soldiers transported by vehicleCARROTAAcross 26: Fascinating little women being eagerWITCHINGDDown 1: Queen wearing glasses wavesBREAKERSDDown 2: I've no profits sadly from daily recommendation of 7 5FIVEDDown 3: Male involved in provisions for the table, right?FARMERDDown 4: Miss from Europe one's upset — female OU studentSENORITADDown 5: See 7VEGETABLESDDown 6: A loose woman in the familyAUNTIEDDown 8: Compulsion of top people to appear in formal attire?DURESSDDown 13: Began to wriggle around in truckLOGANBERRYDDown 16: Drunk rolling over sees others like him?TOSSPOTSDDown 18: See 2PORTIONSDDown 19: New head for public schoolMARROWDDown 21: Angel is heard — it could be on the radioAERIALDDown 22: What an awful smell around what's tasteless — one of the 5 not in the 2 18POTATODDown 24: Drunkard, passionate, wasting time repeatedly in London areaSOHO