The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 15th February 2016 There are 16 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 15th February 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Composer's displaced river birdsBITTERNSAAcross 9: Whack? What about bandage?SWATHEAAcross 10: Belt around waist, initially thrown outSPEWEDAAcross 12: Year said to be turning, possiblyIDARESAYAAcross 13: Slippery character not first in listEELAAcross 14: Holy men pocketing millions for harvest festivalLAMMASAAcross 16: Doting marshals dote bestBESOTTEDAAcross 17: Director backing Britain? Jolly good fellow!KUBRICKAAcross 20: Extremely deficient personage trained animalsONAGERSAAcross 23: Mad Max — or spy getting fitPAROXYSMAAcross 24: Small bird bagged by lord right awayPETITEAAcross 26: Not even a worm turned for an early birdMOAAAcross 27: Game allowed to get in the wayROULETTEAAcross 28: Acquire passCOME BYAAcross 31: Slippery character was confused with 13WEASELAAcross 32: Bird in grass moving quietlySTEALINGDDown 1: One procuring ice cream wrappers in shopping centrePIMPDDown 2: Empress of Blandings, say, impressing leader of the packSTOWDDown 3: Police Sergeant collaring primitive people easily shockedPRUDESDDown 4: Bestial wild flowerASTILBEDDown 5: Bumble's law repeatedly favoured killerASSASSINDDown 6: After a drink, drunk is unassailableWATERTIGHTDDown 7: Bird getting round in sportWHEATEARDDown 11: Chap ignoring a flipping treeELMDDown 14: Table knives slice dough for AlbaniansLEKDDown 15: Just about me?MORE OR LESSDDown 18: Not being admitted, woman sworeUNAVOWEDDDown 19: Chromium and yttrium salts formed regular structuresCRYSTALSDDown 21: Petition for canal not to be closedSUEDDown 22: Plunge in river cut short after one minuteIMMERSEDDown 24: Agreement reported in fullPACKEDDDown 25: Chiller regularly seen in kitchenICEDDown 29: Soft centre with bit of liqueur insideMILDDDown 30: Dishonest proclivityBENT