The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 9th February 2017 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 9th February 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Daughter in request to have nightieBEDGOWNAAcross 5: Follow clothing model's size problemOBESITYAAcross 10: Pass one soft drinkCOLAAAcross 11: Plot ousting Allende ultimately transformed Chile? He defended Reds' goalSCHMEICHELAAcross 12: Front of tabloid magazine's webTISSUEAAcross 13: European leader having retired, like Louis XVIBEHEADEDAAcross 14: Somewhat bombastic ass and rather a doom-mongerCASSANDRAAAcross 16: Clean river around Kent area?RINSEAAcross 17: Girl's or French man's clothesJEANSAAcross 19: Rock to hit sheltering bug or insectTIGER MOTHAAcross 23: Ambassador has a fling in get-away locationHEATHROWAAcross 24: Prance around, always following bandSASHAYAAcross 26: Orchestral passage left in dancing reel introRITORNELLEAAcross 27: Fabled warrior's clubAJAXAAcross 28: Monarch totally disheartened after politician creates free stateLIBERTYAAcross 29: Team heading for extra time in some distressANXIETYDDown 2: Stirring material, Mozart's finale in symphonyEROTICADDown 3: Novelist from Greece New Yorker's behindGRASSDDown 4: Rest freely in city like 3, 10, 17, 22 and 28?WESTERNDDown 6: Biographer lacking content on real playwrightBRECHTDDown 7: Very large revolutionary claim is constructed — by this theory?SOCIALISMDDown 8: Ancient hero outside of Seattle in AmericaTHESEUSDDown 9: Hilbert working with all new element of long divisionTHEBERLINWALLDDown 15: Stars smoke cannabis around queen in feverish conditionSUNSTROKEDDown 18: People honourably discharged from service merit indulgenceEMERITIDDown 20: Spring festival given name like 6, 7, 21s and the 25?EASTERNDDown 21: Bishop drawing up, with worker's carTRABANTDDown 22: Willy starts to become relaxed after nine double tequilasBRANDTDDown 25: Mostly inactive state policeSTASI