The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 17th February 2014 There are 17 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 17th February 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Make an ad-lib? One's better without itIMPROVISEAAcross 6: Miss having a nap on SundaySKIPAAcross 8: Start playing up after industrial actionSTRIKE UPAAcross 9: Well-filled vesselTANKERAAcross 10: Courteous staff accept itPOLITEAAcross 11: Cat given alternative to din after midnight?TOMORROWAAcross 12: Get off or put on the lineHANG-UPAAcross 12: Get off or put on the lineHANGUPAAcross 15: Delays defeatsSETBACKSAAcross 16: Neat island type of boatTRIMARANAAcross 19: Stragglers revealed in the street lightsSTRAYSAAcross 21: Not many virtuous? Quite a lot in factAGOODFEWAAcross 22: Just short of a Left majorityALMOSTAAcross 24: Necessitate being in late, perhapsENTAILAAcross 25: No end of timeETERNITYAAcross 26: Present her with a keyHEREAAcross 27: So greatly tempted, got into debtOVERDRAWNDDown 1: A short musical overtureINTRODDown 2: Putting in chargePRIMINGDDown 3: Nothing disturbed bees like being overweightOBESEDDown 4: One thing you still gain when on a declineIMPETUSDDown 5: Judges of knitted ties and cooked meatsESTIMATESDDown 6: Rendered a tune, setting up a Spanish drinkSANGRIADDown 7: Chill wine to go with ends of turkey and cold gameICE HOCKEYDDown 13: Bluster and rage on car breakdownARROGANCEDDown 14: Left sheet listing one's financial assetsPORTFOLIODDown 17: Low gear involved, finding place to park?MOORAGEDDown 18: Just come in, unplacedNOWHEREDDown 20: Country has a craze to support rugby unionRUMANIADDown 22: Given such a start, where you should beAHEADDDown 23: Enemy the Salvation Army has to beatSATAN