The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 19th February 2016 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 19th February 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Depraved noble doesn't begin to accept proposal for coastal walkESPLANADEAAcross 10: University in foreign capital, contrary affairAMOURAAcross 11: Pick at sound bags, as weight carried on shipTONNAGEAAcross 12: Sole gutted, a low fishSEA BASSAAcross 13: A real nice kinda American waterwayERIEAAcross 14: Jack has made a howler with an actressJEAN HARLOWAAcross 16: Meatballs bought in packs of twenty?FAGGOTSAAcross 17: Relative torpor ultimately probing knickersBROTHERAAcross 19: Domestic problem having to tell mother to cut rentRISINGDAMPAAcross 22: Deity wanting manna for the gods, by all conclusionsARESAAcross 24: Take flight that's sound from Jersey, boarding vesselVAMOOSEAAcross 25: A couple of fruits, the second hollow foodALIMENTAAcross 26: Follow bird past entrance to tunnelTRAILAAcross 27: Cake singer stuffed in holeMADELEINEDDown 1: Ferret gone, virtually spiralling into hole where downward force actsCENTRE OF GRAVITYDDown 2: Brisk corporal punishmentSPANKINGDDown 3: See 13CANALDDown 4: Without a concern, needing the bus then to tour Egyptian capital?CARELESSDDown 5: See 23SEASONDDown 6: Priest captivated by buzzing toy in Michigan cityKALAMAZOODDown 7: Extra head apieceNO BALLDDown 8: Who created this chromium-coated badge containing more than one steel?CROSSWORDSETTERDDown 15: Strike not working with pawnsDOWNTOOLSDDown 17: Gang up on troubadours for attacksBOMBARDSDDown 18: Adopting leader in Mephistopheles, apostate completely isolatedHERMETICDDown 20: Con PM's other half goes in — here?SAMCAMDDown 21: Opening of market in free trade had a visionDREAMTDDown 23: When not much happening, edge on nose, say, being reshapedSILLY