The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 22nd February 2018 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 22nd February 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Rejected leading ladies with issue for CatsPUMASAAcross 4: Deal with gender-fluid performerTRANSACTAAcross 8: Bungling subtitles, say, and hurried panning on filmMISTRANSLATINGAAcross 10: Try to block high priest's self-indulgenceEGOTRIPSAAcross 11: Hot dog with everything addedIN TOTOAAcross 12: Blow off steam during church services, dull affairsNONEVENTSAAcross 15: Groom accepting love causes depressionCOOMBAAcross 17: See circle getting tick for ratioCOSECAAcross 18: Terrible evil associated with super criminalREPULSIVEAAcross 19: Female with heart of gold in close embraceENFOLDAAcross 21: He's reserved large seafood sandwichesCOLD FISHAAcross 24: Scrap elitist exams in philosophyEXISTENTIALISMAAcross 25: Work on stage "flipping twaddle" — a plus or a minus?OPERATORAAcross 26: World traveller back from holiday with bad weatherFOGGYDDown 1: Grill US bread, admitting I'm not sure it's breadPUMPERNICKELDDown 2: Girl, nobleman's accepted, fails to get right figureMISCOUNTSDDown 3: Man on board, fellow going to be more confidentSURERDDown 4: What cook may use with starter of tempura in batter?TIN OPENERDDown 5: Idiot has no wife to joinALLYDDown 6: Honing one's Catalan? It's really badSATANICALDDown 7: Politician given party lodgingsCONDODDown 9: Sequence of misfortunes would be curiously theatricalDOUBLEWHAMMYDDown 13: Singer roughly covered by Elvis, or with KinksVOCALISERDDown 14: Champion consumers of alcohol may do soSUPPORTERDDown 16: 1 and 6 doing cartwheels, making elementary combinationsOXIDISINGDDown 20: Provide header for forward with team back on topFIX UPDDown 22: Sleepy, maybe, getting stuck into Cold War fictionDWARFDDown 23: Explicit message from church employee not onSEXT