The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 2nd February 2018 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 2nd February 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Padding taken advantage of by such relaxed solvers?ARMCHAIRAAcross 9: Who idly views analysis aid number two — "full of cheap rubbish"COUCHAAcross 10: Leave genetic material to regress after sulphur hazardSANDAAcross 11: Court crime officer is after "Cat", once a champion driverTIGERWOODSAAcross 12: Top content of rookery?MURDERAAcross 14: Stitched up, confess to taking in linesOVERSEWNAAcross 15: Declare it's correct to switch first and thirdCERTIFYAAcross 17: Deposit unwelcome from this main foolSEA GULLAAcross 17: Deposit unwelcome from this main foolSEAGULLAAcross 20: Re-engineering basics when returning x-coordinateABSCISSAAAcross 22: See 9POTATOAAcross 23: Philosopher's permit is useless outside Channel IslesEMPIRICISTAAcross 24: See 2TESTAAcross 25: See 1CHESTAAcross 26: Lift to reveal cracksELEVATORDDown 1: Chartreuse, drunk by wrong set, is object of a pirate's dig?TREASUREDDown 2: It provides proof of ace group of detectives attending sports eventACIDDDown 3: Female player's causeFACTORDDown 4: Soldier's round embedded in battleaxeDRAGOONDDown 5: Director of 20, covering society (South-east)SCORSESEDDown 6: Hidden optical faculty all used up?OUT OF SIGHTDDown 7: Opposition chiefly to bench aid was misplacedSHADOWDDown 13: See 8DETECTIVESDDown 16: Domino cut by half-opened scissors, ones on the extreme right?FASCISTSDDown 18: At the end of the day, it's viewed as wealth so wastedLATESHOWDDown 19: See 7CABINETDDown 21: Rag Maureen immersed in streamBEMOCKDDown 22: Incomplete design made by baby's feet?PATTERDDown 24: See 10TRAP