The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 21st February 2018 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 21st February 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Outer layer that's old, spurning new modern fashionEXODERMAAcross 5: Trade union strike, no adult left out to meddleINTRUDEAAcross 9: Relative receives top grade — very well done!BRAVOAAcross 10: West Indian batsman steals silver? I'd go for plumGREENGAGEAAcross 11: Cry with pain, as scoundrel receives royal warningYELLOWCARDAAcross 12: Liberal and Unionist revoke prime minister's blockLUMPAAcross 14: Shift hell's location?DISPLACEMENTAAcross 18: Drunk in order to get a measure of annihilationOBLITERATIONAAcross 21: Tried cycling without energy? It's rubbishDIRTAAcross 22: Ride in a devious wayROUNDABOUTAAcross 25: Most remote website regularly finishes 50, 1, 50, 1LONELIESTAAcross 26: Tease American over sweetheartSUGARAAcross 27: Sign of gas returning? Have to go!NOENTRYAAcross 28: Bothered to be equipped for winter travel?HASSLEDDDown 1: Beginning of boy? Erm … possiblyEMBRYODDown 2: Nothing clear about prophetORACLEDDown 3: They work with numbers, sin and cos — to me, it's gibberishECONOMISTSDDown 4: Trick with aceMAGICDDown 5: Intoxicating Iberian brew, extremely neatINEBRIANTDDown 6: Opponents tucking into dry wineTENTDDown 7: Stubbs considered not being entertainedUNAMUSEDDDown 8: Butterfly markings look square close upEYESPOTSDDown 13: Soldiers use soap, all lathered up, for changesMENOPAUSESDDown 15: Deliberately sounding like an American dolphin?PURPOSELYDDown 16: Influence and lobby Nobel prize winnerBOB DYLANDDown 17: Nightingale found in ItalyFLORENCEDDown 19: Party girl hugs posh boyDOUGALDDown 20: Kept touring DorsetSTOREDDDown 23: Score heavily at first, after not getting caughtNOTCHDDown 24: Sluggish car going from 1 to 50?FLAT