The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 16th February 2016 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 16th February 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Controversial candidate wanting power … and nearly becoming president?TRUMANAAcross 4: Call on setter to retire — it makes you sick!EMETICAAcross 9: Draw fellow in back as means of identificationEFITAAcross 10: Glamorous people I follow around (and refuse to stop)GLITTERATIAAcross 11: Language needing clarification — plain English!NEPALIAAcross 12: Doctor not male — one patient at itON-THE-JOBAAcross 13: Taking part in tiebreaker hasn't lost — it's workingPAYINGOFFAAcross 15: Boss's room not quite finishedSTUDAAcross 16: Cash from court gets Henry on trackPATHAAcross 17: Sign to west, proper electionsPRIMARIESAAcross 21: Claptrap from Conservative members occasionally worth recallingTOMMYROTAAcross 22: Instructions to massage deep, not hardRUBRICAAcross 24: Rose sportingly let out after retraction at the last minuteJUST IN TIMEAAcross 25: Eight organisations rejected features writerROTHAAcross 26: Refrain from taking action over training centre?EUSTONAAcross 27: Holder and others sounded greatly impressedSLAYEDDDown 1: Material upset big cheeseTAFFETADDown 2: Extreme skill? Partly luck, on reflectionULTRADDown 3: Group heading off to fish for sportANGLINGDDown 5: China's quite regularly embraced changeMUTATEDDown 6: Wrong people arrested for eliminating female bullyTORMENTORDDown 7: Brought round to prepare, regularly, a cold meal for queenCAT FOODDDown 8: Our own dear landRIPOFFBRITAINDDown 14: Suggests it's raised among prisonersINTIMATESDDown 16: Liberal academic finds employmentPROFUSEDDown 18: Poet (old woman) cut very complicated linesMARVELLDDown 19: Was son left outside?EXISTEDDDown 20: Quickly aware of pair on topPRONTODDown 23: Horse nibbling Mr Turner's nutsBARMY