The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 28th February 2017 There are 15 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 28th February 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: To wound and wander, destituteDOWN-AND-OUTAAcross 6: Springs soldiers quietly withinSPASAAcross 9: Degas evacuated and bathed before putting big picture in bogSWAMPLANDSAAcross 10: Untangle for a natural hairdoAFROAAcross 12: I hear an American poet solved the riddle of the pseudo hotel patron …MYSTERYGUESTAAcross 15: … some smart aleck, no wit allegedlyKNOW-IT-ALLAAcross 17: Hitherto, two notes are joinedSO FARAAcross 17: Hitherto, two notes are joinedSOFARAAcross 18: Tory leader on board for English flowerTRENTAAcross 19: Gets and holds downDEPRESSESAAcross 20: You might at Halloween see Robert on top of slapper, drunkBOBFORAPPLESAAcross 24: Land is endlessly sacredACREAAcross 25: Strength of support arranged inside unopened trussSTURDINESSAAcross 26: Periods where Fry’s sons choose SATS, some sayDAYSAAcross 27: Associates fool with first workersASSISTANTSDDown 1: Indian product of French-Italian agreementDESIDDown 2: Cover sound like a 50 cent songWRAPDDown 3: Why, say, a setter here is disturbed about a Spanish uncle — it’s enough to take one’s breath awayASPHYXIATIONDDown 4: Preliminary drawing of drink from the barrel, sayDRAFTDDown 5: Knocked back beer and wine, then put on a French undergarmentUNDERSLIPDDown 7: Catch a train before poisonous bitePUFFERFISHDDown 8: Little pot, good for putting onSHORT-GRASSDDown 8: Little pot, good for putting onSHORTGRASSDDown 11: Could George first digest bananas, before eating good Italian breakfast dishEGGS BENEDICTDDown 13: Hawk's equipment has a double catchSKATEBOARDDDown 14: Dickens character who undertakes to be a coffin makerSOWERBERRYDDown 16: Upset, as pedants often follow cutsANDPASTESDDown 21: Malaysian township, whence traveller returns to capitalPERAIDDown 22: Frankfurter’s number one bun? Don’t start!NEUNDDown 23: The Origins of a Species popularised savage serpentsASPS