The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 1st February 2017 There are 14 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 1st February 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Caution pensioner finally to stop shrinkingWARNINGAAcross 5: Postholder stitched up by criminalMAILBAGAAcross 9: Was angry Bolshevik accepting silver?RAGEDAAcross 10: One gambling nothing leaves in a more favourable positionBETTER OFFAAcross 11: Portrait of Len?HALF-LENGTHAAcross 12: Feigns current case of tinnitusACTSAAcross 14: Painting Dog & Duck after a choir's rampageCHIAROSCUROAAcross 18: Right-wing Mad Hatter ethicTHATCHERITEAAcross 21: Impressive record leads to impressive careerEPICAAcross 22: Vacuous people ran into party and put Stones onPEBBLEDASHAAcross 25: Fat cat Spooner's copies of PlayboyMONEYBAGSAAcross 26: Removing jacket, runs in tights in summerADDERAAcross 27: Police search rock garden, then chicken shedDRAGNETAAcross 28: Imperfect start hampering Kay and the restSKETCHYDDown 1: Somebody in trouble over your pastWORTHYDDown 2: Generously provide claret, perhaps leaving Edwin with windREGALEDDown 3: Tastelessness of cod Iceland found in ArcticINDELICACYDDown 4: Yak trampling outskirts of Orpington, home to some West AfricansGABONDDown 5: Came across a sailor, oddly skin and bonesMETATARSIDDown 6: Middle of month in Rome, ie time to goIDESDDown 7: Toiling over brunch, finally gets bit of a breatherBRONCHUSDDown 8: Fights construction work in present placeGIFT SHOPDDown 8: Fights construction work in present placeGIFTSHOPDDown 13: State judge going after buffoon and First LadyASSEVERATEDDown 15: Clumsy fine leg anticipating catchINELEGANTDDown 16: Continuously played on computer, like many schoolkidsSTREAMEDDDown 17: Article supporting new echidna farmHACIENDADDown 19: Strip the fuzz from the bottom of a poetBARDICDDown 20: Ruddy guerrilla leader on right linesCHERRYDDown 23: Fundament of individual bitten by fishBASISDDown 24: Honeymoon shot of a certain old love in Jerusalem?HYMN