The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 11th February 2016 There are 17 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 11th February 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Precious 11DARLINGAAcross 5: Hypocrisy to embrace as a gameCANASTAAAcross 10: Reversible lids to identifySPOTAAcross 11: Record returns by coincidence for the one at this number?CHANCELLORAAcross 12: Pound value, everyone can see a loss for 11LAMONTAAcross 13: 11 tearful guy, primarilyMAUDLINGAAcross 14: Common scruff in poet, son moving away!TENAPENNYAAcross 16: Stitch up something with a threadSCREWAAcross 17: Capital left, nothingQUITOAAcross 19: Punching the puncher, soldier as Walter Mitty?FANTASISTAAcross 23: Old Tory contention, where migrants may be entering BritainHEATHROWAAcross 24: Rules working for 11LAWSONAAcross 26: Where a test may be sound as a bell in 11HEADINGLEYAAcross 27: Bird to catch, tail firstRHEAAAcross 28: 11 from Canberra, might you say?OSBORNEAAcross 29: I'm going to depart, body failing, end of lifeGOOD-BYEAAcross 29: I'm going to depart, body failing, end of lifeGOODBYEDDown 2: Replace tape with superb contentAT PEACEDDown 3: Draw wasted, having blown leadLOTTODDown 4: Hanger-on collared, having kissed the first person to speak?NECKTIEDDown 6: Gather together a team for conferenceACCRUEDDown 7: Rugby team, seven of whom tackling fiftyALLBLACKSDDown 8: Beat gutless tiger, wild catTROUNCEDDown 9: Elusive fast animal now, the thylacineTASMANIAN WOLFDDown 15: Sound gathering way below walls in retrospect in creative spaceARTSTUDIODDown 18: Former tennis champion in America, ineptUSELESSDDown 20: Cry on seeing a fox, but trapping friendTALLYHODDown 21: Oddly sorry about 11, as wetSHOWERYDDown 22: Endless fury, over and over, for application under pressureIRONONDDown 25: Pledge to bag Lancashire's opener, as a great spinnerWORLD