The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 1st February 2016 There are 14 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 1st February 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Personal unpleasantness? Lois has it, unfortunatelyHALITOSISAAcross 10: Tried to get a seat, but unsuccessfully!STOODAAcross 11: Revenues from company involved in various minesINCOMESAAcross 12: Guard gives a warningLOOK OUTAAcross 12: Guard gives a warningLOOKOUTAAcross 13: They're often engaged in the movement of transportGEARSAAcross 14: Guards ordered to go in the Spanish spearheadSENTINELSAAcross 16: Primary requisites for a sewerNEEDLEANDTHREADAAcross 19: Parts of a lady's wardrobe?SEPARATESAAcross 21: Newly written verse takes a new directionVEERSAAcross 22: Heart so affected sounds can be heard within itEARSHOTAAcross 23: New opera in a natural settingOPEN-AIRAAcross 24: Initially, surgeons can't operate until really cleanSCOURAAcross 25: Miserable? Cheer up!WOEBEGONEDDown 1: Their members were bound to work under strict supervisionCHAINGANGSDDown 2: Ordered to get round secure barrierBLOCKADEDDown 3: Used in cricket matches that may be drawnSTUMPSDDown 4: Oxford bankerISISDDown 5: Fresh sand, please, for use by the seaESPLANADESDDown 6: Cause amazement, seeing a holy man on his mobileASTONISHDDown 7: Romeo's disposition is melancholicMOROSEDDown 8: Prepare to put out with the rising tideEDITDDown 14: Sea air won't change a place of poor housingSHANTYTOWNDDown 15: Not the main way to transform desert siteSIDE STREETDDown 15: Not the main way to transform desert siteSIDESTREETDDown 17: Unsteady dogs?LURCHERSDDown 18: Resort to a lever to provide liftELEVATORDDown 20: Excuse to knock up an academicPARDONDDown 21: Watched United compete to get on topVIEWEDDDown 22: It's not difficult to name a novel midshipmanEASYDDown 23: Warning that a man is about to cryOYEZ