The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 9th February 2016 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 9th February 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Lots more kids, but only a little noise?BABY BOOMAAcross 5: Material is excellent, endlessly ornateFABRICAAcross 9: What about learner at race, perhaps well down the grid?ELEVENTHAAcross 10: Prayer of saint to be set among the starsORISONAAcross 12: Observed leading Scotsmen like a piperSPIEDAAcross 13: African grower available to engage tennis championFEVER TREEAAcross 14: Musician's skill rescued tarnished gigSIGHTREADINGAAcross 18: Horse so sick, tamed and patted on the backBROKENWINDEDAAcross 21: Drink in large amounts during music's endingCREAM SODAAAcross 23: Crowd keep listeningHORDEAAcross 24: Short cut through lab maze?RATRUNAAcross 25: Pastoralist finds the way to part of IndiaGOATHERDAAcross 26: Resolve unfinished plan by end of yearDECIDEAAcross 27: Led follower to create flyerZEPPELINDDown 1: Start to read through Waugh's daily: this once on page 3?BREASTDDown 2: Little to keep king leaving unionBREXITDDown 3: In Ireland, be awfully poor on thisBREAD LINEDDown 3: In Ireland, be awfully poor on thisBREADLINEDDown 4: Safe now to serve beer so?OUTOFTHEWOODDDown 6: With beginnings of asthma, is reaching with hesitation for ventilatorAIRERDDown 7: Part of day fine … stop!RESTRAINDDown 8: It's cold beside the road; get closerCONVERGEDDown 11: Sluggish, not in going under old porch but on topOVERANDABOVEDDown 15: Egyptian leader with a popular record attracts peopleAMENHOTEPDDown 16: Jack, abandoning tasks, smoked behind screenOBSCUREDDDown 17: Couple rowing: I'd come running across the streetDOMESTICDDown 19: Ancient method of trial, or coming to agreementORDEALDDown 20: Carrying burdens across back of mule that's slowLEADENDDown 22: Large hill finally converted to small oneMOUND