The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 24th February 2016 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 24th February 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Inside a kind of beach hotel, in shy and quiet Murray, a drinkSHANDYAAcross 4: Old timerSECONDAAcross 9: Exceptional person in a short skirt to ravish when strippedRARAAAcross 10: Bimbo extremely lewd, perhaps come up and use a figleafBOWDLERISEAAcross 11: Puzzle from the south of France all right, you saidSUDOKUAAcross 12: Type of roast beef foul, not half nastySPITEFULAAcross 13: Phoneboxes endlessly vandalised? I blame immigrantsXENOPHOBEAAcross 15: See 9AVISAAcross 16: Compiler the woman would dump in the outhouseSHEDAAcross 17: Starts to stir up serious trouble out of a success story? That's helpful!ACCESSORYAAcross 21: To accumulate win, snob needs the lotSNOWBALLAAcross 22: Partly explains it, untouched and unmovedIN-SITUAAcross 24: Presence of an entry in Cinderella's timetable?ATTENDANCEAAcross 25: See 4HANDAAcross 26: It's right, in love, to get protectionARMOURAAcross 27: Steady start to trade in fur stallsSTABLEDDown 1: Figure includes Newton's fourth lawSTATUTEDDown 2: Siege with intent to produce lamentationALAMODDown 3: Debate such set-up ignored is corruptDEBAUCHDDown 5: Jenny's cakeECLAIRDDown 6: Kinky lovers use the Guardian — emphatically soOURSELVESDDown 7: Talk about events?DISCUSSDDown 8: Clean male, captivated by weapon, becomes adventurousSWASHBUCKLINGDDown 14: Finished warhead steering into swampOVERWHELMDDown 16: Songs in a traditional setting for himSINATRADDown 18: Plain instinct to enter contestEVIDENTDDown 19: Following up in reproductive unit: erythematous uterine disorderRETINUEDDown 20: Light gold carriageLANDAUDDown 23: "Sir", as he is British originallySAHIB