The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 27th February 2017 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 27th February 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Bill and Cyril worked to produce fibreACRYLICAAcross 5: Wages and gratuity in postSTIPENDAAcross 9: Fifty-one doctors appear to be membersLIMBSAAcross 10: Article is made true to lifeREALISTICAAcross 11: Certain to get drunk on Adam's aleWATERTIGHTAAcross 12: Look on pound as an animal refugeLAIRAAcross 14: Sounds like narrow waters but don't be confusedSEESTRAIGHTAAcross 18: Breathing in irregularly when asleep in winterHIBERNATINGAAcross 21: Stagger back, deprived of one's witsNUTSAAcross 22: It raises the spiritDISTILLERYAAcross 25: Courage perceived to be genuineHEARTFELTAAcross 26: Overshadow Snow White's friendDWARFAAcross 27: This difficult sum recalled Panama, perhapsISTHMUSAAcross 28: Cruel fluctuation in pence and pound for composerPURCELLDDown 1: Grants permitsALLOWSDDown 2: Distant meteor disintegratesREMOTEDDown 3: No choice for this holiday destination?LAST RESORTDDown 4: Canine tooth one has right in the centreCORGIDDown 5: You may wind up eating itSPAGHETTIDDown 6: Girl puts one over teacher being sent upIRISDDown 7: Split up and set off with compassESTRANGEDDown 8: Give one an order to paint?DECORATEDDown 13: Powerless person in the airHANG GLIDERDDown 15: They may pass on what they knowEXAMINEESDDown 16: Take-away Chinese place?SHANGHAIDDown 17: Summary is merely theoreticalABSTRACTDDown 19: Be up in time for a parliamentary occasionDEBATEDDown 20: Beauty that totally occupies the viewerEYEFULDDown 23: Get child out of bed to do sumsTOT UPDDown 24: Stop! It's a hold-up!STEM