The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 27th February 2014 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 27th February 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Musical stored inside piano roll's top container?PANNIERAAcross 5: Name taken by game masterHOCKNEYAAcross 10: See 4SEATAAcross 11: Art of sewer decoration?EMBROIDERYAAcross 12: It happened in the end lift crackUPSHOTAAcross 13: Leave empty room smaller than before, not having a clueGORMLESSAAcross 14: Bids under, breaking freeDISBURDENAAcross 16: About those taking flight 161AVIANAAcross 17: Burn peeled off in layers with no end of heartacheSCALDAAcross 19: Escort's state? Unserviceable — the woman's coolUSHERSHIPAAcross 23: List of the actors etc to take the role of Sykes?PLAYBILLAAcross 24: In irritation, say, 4 x 4 almost knocked over horsemanHUSSARAAcross 26: Idealistic rocks given a stressed lookITALICISEDAAcross 27: Standby terraced housing bits combinedBYTEAAcross 28: See 21DEEPENDAAcross 29: Jail youth's liquid holderCANTEENDDown 2: Article on site associated with Apollo TheatreADELPHIDDown 3: Certainly no opening for kidnapNATCHDDown 4: Et ceteras Jo removed could have her off the aircraft pdqEJECTORDDown 6: They might hum, unsmiling, in Old Style settingODOURSDDown 7: Jokes about grand passion for soft treatment aidsKIDGLOVESDDown 8: Rocky area is uranium-enriched vast tractEURASIADDown 9: Famous 5 article getting more column inches?ABIGGERSPLASHDDown 15: Corporation founder's shambolic board manoeuvre?BELLY-FLOPDDown 18: Writer's block — in bed before start of eveningCOLETTEDDown 20: Creature's energy, life force and cyclesECHIDNADDown 21: Pushed to do something unprepared and so likely to go under?INATTHEDDown 22: Unknown metal containing cold mineralZIRCONDDown 25: Clog junk boatsSABOT