The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 21st February 2017 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 21st February 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Binds cuts without pressureSPLICESAAcross 5: This might be Elm Street, if in productionFILMSETAAcross 9: Get home and eatDIG INAAcross 10: Protection secure, fellow made outCHAIN MAILAAcross 11: Krueger home detailed unusual killing regimeKHMER ROUGEAAcross 12: 4 a 5PERVAAcross 14: Food complaint section concerned with food sent backBEEFBURGERSAAcross 18: He might take blade to Elm Street, without bounds he operates?TREE SURGEONAAcross 21: Bucket to collect going roundTEEMAAcross 22: Freddy Krueger's third? All butchered in an horrific wayDREADFULLYAAcross 25: Sleepy? Old criminal heading for Nightmare on Elm Street housesSOMNOLENTAAcross 26: Good person out of bed, male breaks in to confuseSTUMPAAcross 27: I must interrupt film ogre's screamsSHRIEKSAAcross 28: Relaxes partners after endless sexSEDATESDDown 1: Son turns over magazine after daughter's puzzleSUDOKUDDown 2: Pulse on bird risingLEGUMEDDown 3: Do catch tailless fish: it sounds deepCONTRABASSDDown 4: So knock out American deviantSICKODDown 5: Dainty one mostly lost blood after Freddy initially calledFRANGIBLEDDown 6: Fast learner on specialist wardLENTDDown 7: John Barnes finally up front — English Liverpool player dribbledSLAVEREDDDown 8: Supporter's jeans tucked in and put on showTELEVISEDDown 13: Turning red fast, sun permeatedTRANSFUSEDDDown 15: Right panic, time to go and saveERRORLESSDDown 16: Ranks second in figuresSTATUSESDDown 17: Sign of dreaming? Short deep cuts show for sin delivererREDEEMERDDown 19: Sport paper featuring foreign articlesFLAUNTDDown 20: American city street rates for voluptuous young womenNYMPHSDDown 23: One closed American borders for carsAUTOSDDown 24: Set off on bloodshedGORE