The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 24th February 2020 There are 16 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 24th February 2020. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Girl taking long strides, moving fastGALLOPINGAAcross 6: Pulls turf backDRAWSAAcross 9: Impervious academic eats nothingPROOFAAcross 10: Does it collect the views of suckers?STRAW POLLAAcross 11: Guided by a crooked manSHEPHERDEDAAcross 12: Mock judge alwaysJEERAAcross 14: Wore bra uncomfortably in fightBOER WARAAcross 15: Oddly, their arachnid is an insectTERMITEAAcross 17: They make a dish with ironWAFFLESAAcross 19: Keeper who saves extravagantlyHOARDERAAcross 20: So hesitantly give dismissalERGOAAcross 22: Scores of eye movements in sleepFORTY WINKSAAcross 25: The way Nazis made progress?GOOSE STEPAAcross 26: Tears flowing: that's shockingTASERAAcross 27: Scatterbrained? In another case, I could be so describedDOTTYAAcross 28: It delays trader, getting involved with worker, perhapsRETARDANTDDown 1: Stares stupidly at bunch of fruit, having no resistanceGAPESDDown 2: Sort of folder seen in the autumn?LOOSELEAFDDown 3: Unorthodox, like Humpty-Dumpty's end?OFF-THE-WALLDDown 4: His services come at a premiumINSURERDDown 5: Grant me renewed personal coverGARMENTDDown 6: Bird new to this chorusDAWNDDown 7: Came to wonder about fineAWOKEDDown 8: Time of revolution that may come to royal earsSOLAR YEARDDown 13: Make no progress, but hold one's head up mainlyTREADWATERDDown 14: Earnestly requested to bury bird with mild deformityBOWLEGGEDDDown 16: Republic one's established inside anotherINDONESIADDown 18: Small wizard railway nerd?SPOTTERDDown 19: Popular nightclub, where trouble is anticipatedHOT SPOTDDown 19: Popular nightclub, where trouble is anticipatedHOTSPOTDDown 21: In painful condition, love to leave the houseGO OUTDDown 23: Jack, a lover of lean little fishSPRATDDown 24: Reject retreat, the last to stayDENY