The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 7th February 2014 There are 15 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 7th February 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Enter horse in pet competition and stop dallying!CATCH UPAAcross 1: Enter horse in pet competition and stop dallying!CATCHUPAAcross 5: Driver about to pocket one million, back in taxi not keeping fare downBULIMICAAcross 9: Perhaps Indian's ornate canoeOCEANAAcross 10: See 2KNOWLEDGEAAcross 11: Folk gathering mostly jeered Mary Poppins?HOOTENANNYAAcross 12: Tips from expert for floral screens, as accompaniment to blinds?EFFSAAcross 14: Tasteless fellows donning this scruffy bit of flannelBLANDISHMENTAAcross 18: Rock singer's lost stone, adopting good recipe for vegSPRINGGREENSAAcross 21: Drunken fling is stupidityTOSHAAcross 22: Oh for a tale of adventure on the high seas!WESTWARDHOAAcross 25: Elder statesman in US (Republican) protecting computer dataPRESBYTERAAcross 26: Soak putting away litre in confession from one down?IMBUEAAcross 27: King stopped guards in need of evening outCREASEDAAcross 28: Analyse Rome's Hell worshippers?DISSECTDDown 1: Antique Fate unwilling to interrupt businessCLOTHODDown 2: New ref took latitude, playing advantage for Eden HazardTREEOFDDown 3: Dash with antelope across river in remote regionHINTERLANDDDown 4: Proper way to prepare for a snog, we're toldPUKKADDown 5: Staple sticking right in head — charming!BROWN RICEDDown 6: How amusing walls line loungeLOLLDDown 7: Adverb I repeatedly formed incorrectlyMODIFIERDDown 8: Protector of wood that's vast and old in part of GreeceCREOSOTEDDown 13: Shatter a thespian's illusionsPHANTASIESDDown 15: We're told any government chosen leaves English without proper careNEGLECTEDDDown 16: Sort of spin one thus put on an issueISOTOPICDDown 17: XI said to give trouble for the spectatorCROSS-EYEDDown 19: Like food from Spain the Spanish offer upEDIBLEDDown 20: Part of Channel is indeed fastSOLENTDDown 23: Sick, knocking back vermouth and wineTIREDDDown 24: Wader again following currentIBIS