The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 15th February 2013 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 15th February 2013. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Sailors who have many relations?MATELOTSAAcross 5: Fully committed, dad and I join UnionistsPAID-UPAAcross 9: Acolyte starts to forswear open-mindedness, like one of the herd?FOLLOWERAAcross 10: Spooner's to kill writer and collect £200!PASSGOAAcross 12: Couple in USA regularly picked flowersOPENSAAcross 13: Helped hide the claret?FURTHEREDAAcross 14: Plots involving high-speed racesMACHINATIONSAAcross 18: Source of retired aunt's tailored, fashionable topFOUNTAINHEADAAcross 21: Haiti cops dressed in pale greenPISTACHIOAAcross 23: Corrupt president's intermentSPOILAAcross 24: Energy supply? Dave ignored privatised wrongdoingSPIRITAAcross 25: She's over-groomedBIGAMISTAAcross 26: Unearth old philosopherEXHUMEAAcross 27: Stealing 80% of everything movableTHIEVERYDDown 1: The legend of Arachne? That's a tall story!MYFOOTDDown 2: Rang and gave away secrets on airTOLLEDDDown 3: Charms spoil with time, so get on with it!LOOKSMARTDDown 4: What you will otherwise do on 6 JanuaryTWELFTH NIGHTDDown 6: A sector of Fukushima was hazardously thusAWASHDDown 7: Feyerabend finally is in favour of falsificationDISPROOFDDown 8: Postured preposterously, having highest opinion of oneselfPROUDESTDDown 11: Finish like Marie Curie?FRENCH POLISHDDown 15: Farsi can become français, if you do thisTRANSLATEDDown 16: Away I step, ill-prepared — or not prepared — for skiingOFFPISTEDDown 17: Browning perhaps subverting cosy oral taleGUNSMITHDDown 19: I have supper after tenIODINEDDown 20: Showing no emotion as muscle gets caught in zipFLATLYDDown 22: Principle aside, love to get married!AXIOM