The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 20th February 2017 There are 15 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 20th February 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: It's kept in banks but also found in circulationBLOODAAcross 10: Extravagant garnishELABORATEAAcross 11: Free of chargeEXONERATEAAcross 12: Approaches saner distributionNEARSAAcross 13: Don't vote for a black markABSTAINAAcross 15: Female confronts male, beginning to threaten firmADAMANTAAcross 17: American tucked into his cooked fish and rice dishSUSHIAAcross 18: Regret expressed in the French wayRUEAAcross 20: Waves from canoeOCEANAAcross 22: A loud story, not factual but friendlyAFFABLEAAcross 25: With or without complaint?PATIENTAAcross 26: It makes a hole in materialDRILLAAcross 27: Find a shoe badly madeFASHIONEDAAcross 30: Clothing range with bucklesNIGHTWEARAAcross 31: Smart girl that is after a share of the proceedsCUTIEDDown 1: Empty honour for a woodwind playerOBOEDDown 2: Company with deficit states large figureCOLOSSUSDDown 3: Three-speed gears give one the advantageEDGEDDown 4: Servant's pay for help when neededRETAINERDDown 5: Painter appeared first — this followed!CAMERADDown 6: Ride in which first part is shorter than the secondROUNDABOUTDDown 7: A capital cigar?HAVANADDown 8: See head of finance over chargesFEESDDown 13: Sailors are often so confusedAT SEADDown 14: French friend with talent and charmAMIABILITYDDown 16: Belief unchanged on reflectionTENETDDown 19: A photographer's hypothermia?EXPOSUREDDown 21: Time in its entirety, perhapsETERNITYDDown 23: Gang surrounded by iron borderFRINGEDDown 24: Creator of well-known Paris tourEIFFELDDown 26: Agreed it's overDONEDDown 28: Move slowly in orderINCHDDown 29: Exploit that should be witnessedDEED