The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 28th February 2012 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 28th February 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Bend in backbone with belly up?SUPINEAAcross 4: Soaks with sheer drops?STEEPSAAcross 9: Nazi first out of the game?HESSAAcross 10: Jester sees the point in modern type of phoneTOUCHSTONEAAcross 11: Jolson's link with Hindu goddess is something basicALKALIAAcross 12: ... make her submit? So far...HITHERTOAAcross 13: Foreshadow publicity for Eastern numberPREFIGUREAAcross 15: Safe company?FIRMAAcross 16: Platitudes uttered by a philosopher?CANTAAcross 17: What makes Denys tick could be disastrousSTICKY ENDAAcross 21: Gas meter with point out of place could be betterGAMESTERAAcross 22: Avian raptor, perhaps?PARROTAAcross 24: Fashionable folk with affected gait carrying offspringGLITTERATIAAcross 25: Ruin in being found outUNDOAAcross 26: In the Times I spy product of a key workerTYPISTAAcross 27: Speed — it's lost for a vegetableCELERYDDown 1: One knows how to choose from which witch, for exampleSPELLERDDown 2: Infatuation with a former eastern officialPASHADDown 3: Love is all — or just the opposite?NOTHINGDDown 5: That ones playing in South PacificTAHITIDDown 6: In the next remit you're given it's the endEXTREMITYDDown 7: A private room can't unfortunately come within the totalSANCTUMDDown 8: Despotic writer, Italian, changing sidesAUTHORITARIANDDown 14: Digital 6FINGERTIPDDown 16: Guy allowed a string of beadsCHAPLETDDown 18: Upset, depending on one's bigheadedness?CAPSIZEDDown 19: "Hands up!" — Danny loves troubleNOONDAYDDown 20: Concubine starts off with mental pressureSTRESSDDown 23: Way to utter defeat by SpainROUTE