The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 5th February 2013 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 5th February 2013. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: It takes months to boil offDECOCTAAcross 4: Shuffle, say, round well to find creeperISOPODAAcross 9: Spotted old Whig close to ToryFOXYAAcross 10: Doctor saw one overhead, circlingONCOLOGISTAAcross 11: Muddles ahead in M6 shamblesMIXUPSAAcross 12: Firm recalled watchmaker at noon for special eventOCCASIONAAcross 13: What bailiffs do with bias? Scratch headREPOSSESSAAcross 15: Dazzling display in Port Talbot at the frontRIOTAAcross 16: Smell ship's captainBOSSAAcross 17: Native Americans caught lion — hunt's overCHEROKEESAAcross 21: I fill small beer with more punchSPORTIERAAcross 22: Ring teams to corral a large sorrelOXALISAAcross 24: In today's game make a big hash to startNOUGHTSANDAAcross 25: Steers by intercepting one mobileOXENAAcross 26: Yankee gets on with the German over thereYONDERAAcross 27: Extremely easy-going officer accepts cutsLAXESTDDown 1: Some say stain leather in compoundDIOXIDEDDown 2: Reserved costlier mounts for fur supplierCOYPUDDown 3: See 24CROSSESDDown 5: Bloodhound, I think, ignored trashSHLOCKDDown 6: Old shabby togs the best clothes for bouncerPOGO STICKDDown 7: Runs I'd built up in scrambleDISTORTDDown 8: The house opposite has decorators busyACROSSTHEROADDDown 14: Uneasy with this hormone, rep produces progesteroneOESTROGENDDown 16: Using agent before enlisting expert in axesBYPROXYDDown 18: Royal duke visits car maker in part of WalesRHONDDADDown 19: Demanding dope during leaveEXIGENTDDown 20: This pot some occasionally stealTIPTOEDDown 23: Sailor abandons mollusc for soleALONE