The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 19th February 2015 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 19th February 2015. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Bunk where youth has solitary confinementBOLONEYAAcross 5: Sense of dread in oligarch's heart, as a hoodlumGANGSTAAAcross 9: Eat half of plate, then drinkDIG INAAcross 10: Sauce, if horse growls? Then ___, did you say?BEARNAISEAAcross 11: Those exchanged in an argument for theseCROSSWORDSAAcross 12: Trojan prince is lacking a jumperPARAAAcross 14: Tom has followed instructions, when about to get involvedCOMPLICATEDAAcross 18: Mental aberrations, opposite points written in biro, smart perhaps?BRAINSTORMSAAcross 21: All leaders in organisation invariably like you, overly suaveOILYAAcross 22: Knuckle-dragger in German war machine almost infiltrating ringCHIMPANZEEAAcross 25: Bringing over old stuff from the East, game for Venetian travellerMARCO POLOAAcross 26: Entrance blocked to vast throne room in northern residenceIGLOOAAcross 27: Scholarly head of languages brought inLEARNEDAAcross 28: Indications show surprising gains, for example, after recoverySIGNAGEDDown 1: Part of a dress cut into pieces — that's beyond a stinker!BODICEDDown 2: Continue trailing around duck in pool?LAGOONDDown 3: Flash Gordon's last feature overcoming criminal, poster claimsNANOSECONDDDown 4: Having removed hat, policeman climbs over top of outbuilding to get hooliganYOBBODDown 5: Gradual line oddly askew, coming from the thyroid, perhapsGLANDULARDDown 6: Less than ten, I need?NINEDDown 7: Satirical pieces about god in tight clothingSKI PANTSDDown 8: Singer gathering support for Australian cityADELAIDEDDown 13: Sport takes off, given topping coverageICE SKATINGDDown 15: Union with club's splintered fragmentsMATCHWOODDDown 16: Expert not entirely comprehending opera that's weirdABNORMALDDown 17: Island retail giant?MALLORCADDown 19: A zebra dropping guts, munching bitter plantAZALEADDown 20: Shrivelled old man secreting foundation in exquisite set of personal make-up?GENOMEDDown 23: Unfortunate bosom?MOOBSDDown 24: A choice of extremes in perversion?PORN