The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 25th February 2015 There are 13 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 25th February 2015. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Raw beauty at its core, on neutral groundAU NATURELAAcross 10: Baron with line in chocolate?BROWNAAcross 11: Foreign viceroy — not a chief in Kiev, anywayKHEDIVEAAcross 12: Village, or giant housing land?GEORGIAAAcross 13: Railway: the regional torture!TRACKAAcross 14: Put wad on a sporting match and laugh uncontrollablyROLLABOUTAAcross 16: Evidence of possession of muscles expanse I left to spreadABSTRACTOFTITLEAAcross 19: Take a look at all-female Ring Cycle operaLOHENGRINAAcross 21: Chuck in backing, say, the theatreGLOBEAAcross 22: Cleric's tight, transitive headbandCIRCLETAAcross 23: Possessed large body, loathed clothing itHAUNTEDAAcross 24: Occupying thoroughfare to make water courseSWEETAAcross 25: To perform a pop genre really badly could mean quite a stretchMURDERRAPDDown 1: Warm yourself before ballet movement, a competitive activityBASKETBALLDDown 2: Guards keep sand outKNEEPADSDDown 3: Star spewing out sulphur and then earth is not safeATRISKDDown 4: See 21FREEDDown 5: Instrument following toboggan line projectionFLUGELHORNDDown 6: Unnatural boast about strangling old relativeABSONANTDDown 7: Consequently, river by grand house is a source of sugarSORGHODDown 8: Former South American skincare productINCADDown 14: Director shot Maine, which has never been betteredRECORDTIMEDDown 15: Range of dumps accommodating virile blokes by dayTHEMENDIPSDDown 17: Butterflies buzz and I propose we shouldRINGLETSDDown 18: Racehorses go tailless ahead of fish-eatersTROTTERSDDown 20: Henry Moore entrances overwhelming real fancy city neighbourhoodHARLEMDDown 21: Refulgent, bursting with energy and so more tolerable to some?GLUTENDDown 22: See 23CASHDDown 23: Playing card included in #realmoneyHARD