The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 20th February 2019 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 20th February 2019. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Bore finished touring ancient cityENDUREDAAcross 5: Associate's in games area, back burning wasteCLINKERAAcross 9: Inept choristers horribly tenseHISTORICPRESENTAAcross 10: Don't take holidayLEAVEAAcross 11: Drunken men docked in early naval vesselMINELAYERAAcross 12: Men on TV co-ordinated manoeuvresSETPIECESAAcross 14: Car from Triumph, last of rangeCOUPEAAcross 15: Pick up fish, placing first two at the rearGLEANAAcross 16: Appearing for trial, blocks all but last overUPWARDSOFAAcross 18: Carnivore satisfied having consumed a meal? I'm not sureMEATEATERAAcross 21: I must quit office job, being shyFLINGAAcross 22: Conventionally-run snack bar torrid storm ultimately demolishedBRICKS AND MORTARAAcross 23: Family type with left-wing tendenciesKINDREDAAcross 24: Yankee enthralled by singer playing instrumentSYRINGEDDown 1: Once vigorous son is certainly not inspiringEXHALESDDown 2: Reserved account, one not in my own branch?DISTANTRELATIONDDown 3: Danish ore, possibly coming from former colonyRHODESIANDDown 4: Fundamental belief in Humberside is minimalDEISMDDown 5: Maxim for holding one's own hand tool?COPING SAWDDown 6: Utopia's international tradeIDEALDDown 7: Calm down and don't put too much money on that horse!KEEPYOURSHIRTONDDown 8: Boundless trees chopped by weary pensionerRETIREEDDown 13: King, say, to go out with queen in rascal's clutchesCOURT CARDDDown 14: Sauce ingredient regularly ran, if stored in shadeCORNFLOURDDown 15: Rocks acceptable as shelter for black oryxGEMSBOKDDown 17: Bush in garden providing very early cover?FIG TREEDDown 19: Playwright leaving behind western ridgeESKERDDown 20: Caesar's last day in Rome goes onRIDES