The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 26th February 2015 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 26th February 2015. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Live on the edgeRESIDEAAcross 4: American soldiers grabbed by painting of biblical mountARARATAAcross 9: Penfriend suffered anguish to win female? That's ill-considered!COBBLEDTOGETHERAAcross 10: Trace of rawness initially found in meatSTREAKAAcross 11: The Castilian comes into part of the storyRELATIONAAcross 12: Coppers eat fish, endlessly showing good sensePRUDENCEAAcross 14: Dashes to embrace live artistRUBENSAAcross 15: Trades in plantsSTOCKSAAcross 18: I can head out for estateHACIENDAAAcross 21: Scholar to tamper with decaying plantMARIGOLDAAcross 22: Stop a queen revealed to be denseOPAQUEAAcross 24: After I find one, it becomes a mathematical processDIFFERENTIATIONAAcross 25: Sportsman gets umpire to write up in retrospectGOLFERAAcross 26: Believe King Charles's correctCREDITDDown 1: Chicken roll has nothing in itROOSTERDDown 2: Market carrying soft furSABLEDDown 3: Cloth is enough for flesh and bloodDOESKINDDown 5: Soldier's uniformREGULARDDown 6: Two lists can be alternatedROTATABLEDDown 7: Restrain and draw swallowTIE DOWNDDown 8: Austere-sounding novelistSTERNEDDown 13: Cute, if led astray, becoming two-facedDECEITFULDDown 16: Hunting down Tory leader's sportTRACINGDDown 17: Officer in a rush to inflict punishment …SCOURGEDDown 18: … concealing punishmentHIDINGDDown 19: Crook finds Tories more encouragingCROSIERDDown 20: Expel director and spirit abroadDRUM OUTDDown 23: Cadet's badly behavedACTED