The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 16th February 2015 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 16th February 2015. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Explain what spectacles doMAKETHINGSCLEARAAcross 9: He won't complain when he gets a beatingGOODLOSERAAcross 10: Look into TUC backing strikeCLOUTAAcross 11: Upsets Alice, for example, describing poetryELEGIACAAcross 12: Designate a quiet periodAPPOINTAAcross 13: A tower of strengthTUGAAcross 14: Demands its sins be found outINSISTSAAcross 17: Use up wasteEAT INTOAAcross 19: Major city investmentCAPITALAAcross 22: Look after new hotel for one who couldn't trust his wifeOTHELLOAAcross 24: Pay back, but not in silence, apparentlyYAPAAcross 25: He had signal success at the end of the nineteenth centuryMARCONIAAcross 26: Man going around desert, wanderingERRATICAAcross 28: Sailor dismissed roughlyABOUTAAcross 29: Series of notes for musician to travel around new islandsGLISSANDOAAcross 30: Favourite places for having tantrums?STAMPINGGROUNDSDDown 1: Attractive range shown in traveller's guideMAGNETIC COMPASSDDown 2: In Denmark Ron exchanges local moneyKRONEDDown 3: Agrees to put the lot in bondsTALLIESDDown 4: Possibly flies in groupsINSECTSDDown 5: Refuse to dress on timeGARBAGEDDown 6: Where feathers used to fly (and pilots still do)COCKPITDDown 7: Rational converse?EMOTIONALDDown 8: Revolutionary system for increasing the harvestROTATIONOFCROPSDDown 15: Brilliant new star explodes onto the sceneSUPERNOVADDown 16: What a caddy carriesTEADDown 18: A small point, but appropriateAPTDDown 20: Pas de deux?TWO-STEPDDown 21: Not coming out with the truth, when having a babyLYING-INDDown 22: Moves at first opportunityOPENINGDDown 23: How to start a toast for heroes, perhaps — about time!HERESTODDown 27: Saw no clear profit riseTENON