The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 21st February 2012 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 21st February 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: It might come from robins, holding one note, then anotherBIRDSONGAAcross 9: Tea? Go to cafe, sayEAT OUTAAcross 10: Gifted geniuses are very exceptional to begin withGAVEAAcross 11: Fashion a better law that's important for operating wellWATER TABLEAAcross 12: Crude alcohol, good with pickled troutGUTROTAAcross 14: Piece of furniture cook rearranged in HQBOOKCASEAAcross 15: Some friend offers to complete some knitting, sayENDOFFAAcross 17: Switch position in front of goal and commit foulOFFENDAAcross 20: Medical records that doctor wrote up for consultantCASEBOOKAAcross 22: Teacher returned carrying gallon — cheap hoochROTGUTAAcross 23: The drink some diners prefer stillTABLEWATERAAcross 24: Brilliant star trapped in compulsive gamblingVEGAAAcross 25: At mealtime excel every other character in robust repastOUTEATAAcross 26: Stupidly bring in obnoxious person for a lark, perhapsSONGBIRDDDown 1: Free from deception, having sorted out bad issueDISABUSEDDown 2: Indulged, oddly, so do nothingIDLEDDown 3: Retriever, for example, raised with intelligence to bring birdGODWITDDown 4: Sign of distress of female quickly disappearsTEARSOFFDDown 5: Part of engine that's minute in small train set, possiblySTEAM CHESTDDown 6: Plants free of insects? Not quiteBUGLESDDown 8: Animal in Highlands turned up beside Scott's heroGATSBYDDown 13: Fish bled disastrously between banksREDBELLIESDDown 16: How to film, mostly badly, and behave irresponsibly towardsFOOLWITHDDown 18: Dickensian character in dull, laborious workDRUDGERYDDown 19: They cut into ice to get fishSKATESDDown 21: A maximum possible speed in a vehicle? You can count on itABACUSDDown 22: Full of enthusiasm, runs a syndicateRARINGDDown 24: British in contest felt atmosphereVIBE