The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 1st February 2013 There are 13 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 1st February 2013. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 5: Doing crosswords and so on? Not I — I'm a philosopherHOBBESAAcross 6: Take back ringleader, you heard, caught by English policemanRECOUPAAcross 9: Part of sentence, as separately entered in this, for exampleCLAUSEAAcross 10: Asia trip arranged for 5 down in retirementAPIARISTAAcross 11: Piece of clothing repeatedly featuring in detective's travestied investigationVESTAAcross 12: Simple — like copper, sayELEMENTARYAAcross 13: Tries scheme that goes awry, resulting in lists of offencesCRIMESHEETSAAcross 18: Old character in fictional case I caught on river with fish eggsRICHARD ROEAAcross 21: 5 down initially seen in connexion with American fraudSHAMAAcross 22: Inspector quickly moves back inside sheltered positionLESTRADEAAcross 23: Prejudice wrongly treated as crime, mostlyRACISMAAcross 24: Oddly deficient clue thus confused investigatorSLEUTHAAcross 25: Landlady with a bank near Wall StreetHUDSONDDown 1: Kind of criminal, awfully bad, disrupted courtABDUCTORDDown 2: Withdraw from some case, detective being extremely selectiveSECEDEDDown 3: Boxer, possibly, was this dogPEKINESEDDown 4: Journey north twice broken by old private eyePOIROTDDown 5: Consultant whose medical assistant chronicled his casesHOLMESDDown 7: Hesitation among group of constables, mostly — three-pipe problems?POSERSDDown 8: Where, in London, dozens of tradesmen are generous?BAKERSTREETDDown 14: Notorious professor misrepresented Tory aim about part of basic educationMORIARTYDDown 15: Part of legislature's act setting up exemplary legal processTEST CASEDDown 16: Information's provided about four — from which certain conclusions may be deducedGIVENSDDown 17: Things scheduled, apart from hospital, for famous doctorWATSONDDown 19: Wrongfully take them in as killersHITMENDDown 20: Visibly unhappy after rejecting first reprimandEARFUL