The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 21st February 2020 There are 15 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 21st February 2020. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Sailor, soldier and university lecturer start to attack spiderTARANTULAAAcross 10: Sound of distorted dialogue, eg line's splitAUDIOAAcross 11: Lily Savage's debut follows large breakoutLOTUSAAcross 12: On this, exercise is routine drudgeryTREADMILLAAcross 13: 10 + 10 divided by small number? That's a strainTENSIONAAcross 14: Beatniks somewhat high starting to puff on empty pipesHIPPIESAAcross 17: Upright film detectiveSHAFTAAcross 19: Hit action man? No sweatRAMAAcross 20: Drummer from Dorking playing without drum kit, initiallyRINGOAAcross 21: Suggested being fooled from Germany to Albania?ALLUDEDAAcross 22: Take a trick over 1 heart to winTRIUMPHAAcross 24: Morning's start with brewed coffee — it's to do with the weatherMETOFFICEAAcross 26: Peering in closer, I found a little line in printSERIFAAcross 28: Dog starting to retrieve cricket ballsROVERAAcross 29: Alan is not revising subjectsNATIONALSDDown 1: A modern language?HTMLDDown 2: In a flash, neutron moves lower in part of an atomPROTONDDown 3: Woman's relative mostly supported by daughter aloneUNASSISTEDDDown 4: Gold and special metal found in TexasAUSTINDDown 5: Surrey town to provide meatCATERHAMDDown 6: American actor wants gold for countryLANDDDown 7: Extra hearing transposes the limits of ultrasoundADDITIONDDown 8: Flatten headless, evil-tempered dwarfROLLDDown 13: Least wobbly magnetic unitTESLADDown 15: For each goal, obtain authorisationPERMISSIONDDown 16: Animal over 50 shot to piecesSLOTHDDown 18: President covers up extremely important caseABLATIVEDDown 19: Old star trained anew, winning first of GrammiesRED GIANTDDown 22: Non-drinkers receive insignificant comments onlineTWEETSDDown 23: Former tabloid editor's male body partMORGANDDown 24: About band from the ’90s making comeback: one only works for moneyMERCDDown 25: President once was able to buy off a FedFORDDDown 27: Eat no food in banquet that lacks energyFAST