The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 7th February 2017 There are 15 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 7th February 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Leave a convenient stopping-off placeONYOURWAYAAcross 10: Approximately to the right of top of tree trunkTORSOAAcross 11: Parasite on part of fertiliser?NITREAAcross 12: Observant quality present in fluid danceADHERENCEAAcross 13: Mother gets on for MarsDAMAGESAAcross 14: Stars from here backing Elton at city in America?NEBULASAAcross 17: Car — middle of fan belt lacks powerASTRAAAcross 19: It's often pocketed, being lightREDAAcross 20: Elvis is alive, full of fibre!SISALAAcross 21: Nut cracking, in fact, absorbs oneFANATICAAcross 22: Agent's below-the-line itemSLEEPERAAcross 24: Test space craft with no tailCHALLENGEAAcross 26: Grimly funny champion (outside left)BLACKAAcross 28: Dress transferSHIFTAAcross 29: Attendant puts a report in placeSATELLITEDDown 1: Limo once cleared of external insects to give a rear viewMOONDDown 2: Tense, in excited, messy waySYSTEMDDown 3: Signature scrawled all over page, which is largely brilliantSUPERGIANTDDown 4: Slave over South American tracksuitSWEATSDDown 5: Uneasy phone discussion not entirely conveyedSYPHONEDDDown 6: Those who squeal about mark on horseSTARDDown 7: Gathers shellfish round riverWRINKLESDDown 8: Scrape top off aggregateHOLEDDown 13: Happy, say, moving forward (no alternative)DWARFDDown 15: Kebab stall prepared gameBASKETBALLDDown 16: Sort of power that lifts Los Alamos Red TopsSOLARDDown 18: Brown needs one inch A-Z up countryTANZANIADDown 19: Rolling cape's magnificenceRICHNESSDDown 22: Sherlock's lute playing breaks silenceSLEUTHDDown 23: Composed some material in C? The other way roundPLACIDDDown 24: Try to single someone out, as prolific anglers doCASTDDown 25: See 24LOTSDDown 27: Look over towerKEEP