The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 27th February 2019 There are 17 across clues and 12 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 27th February 2019. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: On the ship of love, in a poet's embraceABOARDAAcross 5: Elton, holding pants back to front to show spreadBESTREWNAAcross 9: Armour section (rented) that's essential for a clotPLATELETAAcross 10: Old lady gives up a lot of money for carbon fissureCRANNYAAcross 11: See 22HAIRAAcross 12: Castle Cheese pics doctored?CHESS PIECEAAcross 12: Castle Cheese pics doctored?CHESSPIECEAAcross 13: Just the top of roast covered with gravy browning here?BISTROAAcross 14: That of one who didn't come clean?DIRTYLIEAAcross 16: Spacewalking scene change, then fade outEVANESCEAAcross 19: Pod's cold — not like Norfolk, it's saidCHILLIAAcross 21: Violation accepted ahead of French battleINFRACTIONAAcross 23: See 22COATAAcross 24: Not all frottage is mean form of discriminationAGEISMAAcross 25: Garland & Bishop fool the last great mathematicianLEIBNITZAAcross 26: Flaw in insignia, which should not be part of a straitjacketARMHOLESAAcross 27: Possible explanation from politician, full of gasTHEORYDDown 2: Dressing up seaman having alarming vices when drunkBALSAMICVINEGARDDown 3: In Part B: Rutherford's primitive form of expressionARTBRUTDDown 4: Succulent cryptic clue is: 'I'd brought round ring'DELICIOUSDDown 5: Save time: break off edge of plankBUTT ENDDDown 6: Hits that come in twosSOCKSDDown 7: No dream property would cramp oneREALITYDDown 8: Fill in catchword, 'Wicked!' — it'll make you feel more coolWINDCHILLFACTORDDown 15: Repeat sentence about inmateRECONVICTDDown 17: At present partly within affluent cityNORWICHDDown 18: Food involved in Jedi blessingEDIBLESDDown 20: How, in USA, change might be presented vocally as angerINCENSEDDown 22: 'Choc', a material involved in making upmarket attireCAMEL