The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 19th February 2019 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 19th February 2019. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Scenes of ecstasy in boozersLOCALESAAcross 5: Hardy character on Tube briefly welcoming womanHOSTESSAAcross 9: Stalk Spanish hero, returning after exercisesPEDICLEAAcross 10: Composer dismissing Vivaldi's first quintet in BBORODINAAcross 11: Rambling tirade on single pointITINERANTAAcross 12: Enduring shock wavesPERMSAAcross 13: Fit cook gutting halibutRIGHTAAcross 15: Arachne admires Cape WrathIRATENESSAAcross 17: Before taking off partner's clothes, firstly extinguish flash lampPREFLIGHTAAcross 19: Temporary work welcomed by young boxer?POP-UPAAcross 22: Subsequently float the ark on a regular basisLATERAAcross 23: Broadcast in support of scandal involving dadPROPAGATEAAcross 25: Despicable, glib neo-liberalIGNOBLEAAcross 26: Touch parts of mouth and of eye socketORBITALAAcross 27: Disaster outraged young nursesTRAGEDYAAcross 28: Met chap who works on the railways?YARDMANDDown 1: Quiet seaside walk to south of Long Island, more than fresh!LIPPIERDDown 2: Dictator's pampering young swimmerCODLINGDDown 3: Oddly shun clout, career and moneyLUCREDDown 4: Watches a fly going this way and thatSEESAWINGDDown 5: Inwardly shy baby with quirkHABITDDown 6: Half-heartedly approaches rotting pile of rubbishSCRAPHEAPDDown 7: Extremity or side, not middle or backENDORSEDDown 8: Eighth of dentists busy with small cavitiesSINUSESDDown 14: Mediocre, desolate bunch turned up with empty luggageTOLERABLEDDown 16: Branch of science applied to masonryASTRONOMYDDown 17: One predicting future of maverick A-list MPPALMISTDDown 18: Toes in a revolting stateESTONIADDown 20: Elephant ominously circling ghostly figurePHANTOMDDown 21: In advance, arrange schoolwork on computer networkPREPLANDDown 23: Shame about me ignoring male devotionPIETYDDown 24: Retired doctors upset about cautionary signAMBER