The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 6th February 2017 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 6th February 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: They drink to steamship vesselsTOSSPOTSAAcross 5: Animal on a road is easily frightenedCOWARDAAcross 9: A death sentence impending or just some bird?BLACKCAPAAcross 10: I appear surrounded by rambling roses and treesOSIERSAAcross 12: Levels the oddsEVENSAAcross 13: A tree northerners long forSCOTS PINEAAcross 14: Whichever way you look at them, they add up to the same thingMAGICSQUARESAAcross 18: Novel, alas, unfolded unexpectedlyALL OF A SUDDENAAcross 21: Try an overdue reformENDEAVOURAAcross 23: Nursery for high-flyers?EYRIEAAcross 24: Girl takes in information for programmeAGENDAAAcross 25: A striking defeat that's embarrassingABASHINGAAcross 26: Musical destinyKISMETAAcross 27: Fit as a fiddle? If you say so!VERY WELLDDown 1: It may be prescribed or inscribedTABLETDDown 2: Climbs on the weighing machineSCALESDDown 3: A plain standardPIKESTAFFDDown 4: Conveyance in one's carTRANSMISSIONDDown 6: Well-equipped place to ring a relativeOASISDDown 7: Earliest form of workshopsATELIERSDDown 8: The last thing a crowd will doDISPERSEDDown 11: Regard as skilful and substantialCONSIDERABLEDDown 15: American Lesley's going out with, to no availUSELESSLYDDown 16: Confront Wolves, say, in the mudFACE PACKDDown 17: Finish up having a drink outside for pleasureGLADNESSDDown 19: One goes in an old vessel for a voyageCRUISEDDown 20: Part of India once producing oddly designed bangleBENGALDDown 22: Confuse a clergyman with the FrenchADDLE