The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 27th February 2018 There are 13 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 27th February 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Industry for high flyers rapidly embracing lustAEROSPACEAAcross 10: Call to reduce phobias (as justice ought to be) on TynesidePHONEAAcross 11: Hypnotised with spots of light instead of softly snoringDAZZLEDAAcross 12: Without a word of thanks, left in London?TACITLYAAcross 13: In bonds, hopesLONGSAAcross 14: Fortitude beside explosive device found at highest level on vesselBOTTLECAPAAcross 16: They include envy, with idle sadness in some versionsSEVENDEADLYSINSAAcross 19: Dog sled is worked in shiftsDISLODGESAAcross 21: Eastern root of many outsiders ornamenting life in capitalsMOOLIAAcross 22: He employs cowboys with spurs, no nonsense, wiser at lastRANCHERAAcross 23: Dish sent back, Boatman saying: "No meat"BIRYANIAAcross 24: 22 down's confused, where victory lies in virtueFIRSTAAcross 25: Always strong and stable but inside loveless, therefore concerningEVERGREENDDown 1: Destroyed by devils and a radicalised …VANDALISEDDDown 2: … Soviet leader, restoring Ivan the Terrible, last letters of literati lostBREZHNEVDDown 3: Small change to charity creating sacred musicPSALMSDDown 4: Slothful doctor gets home helpMAIDDDown 5: Jesus' words of comfort for the poor in spirit etc: "Go and renegotiate dues!"BEATITUDESDDown 6: Heroically, ecstatically proletarian: no hothead, no alternativeEPICALLYDDown 7: Looking up to quote work of lyrical qualityPOETICDDown 8: Soviet leader on former Axis: "It's hot"SEXYDDown 14: Scene of overindulgence and wicked bare greed by name?BEER GARDENDDown 15: They guide the coach's team after taking number one with pridePOSTILIONSDDown 17: One freshly converted to make war, sayNEOPHYTEDDown 18: One unfortunate formerly embraced, then cut offISOLATEDDDown 20: Some tabloid on showing temperanceSUNDRYDDown 21: Note: wrath is an illusionMIRAGEDDown 22: Losing some faith finally in prudence, causing splitRIFTDDown 23: Raised Soviet leader to become firstBRED