The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 23rd February 2021 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 23rd February 2021. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Late professor's nephew as knight errantSTEPHENAAcross 5: See 1HAWKINGAAcross 10: Shock as tabloid pinches Telegraph leaderSTUNAAcross 11: Patsy forced to fast? Finishes off Limoncello, Cointreau, cognac and ScotchASOFTTOUCHAAcross 12: Feel empty, needing compassion over dumpFLYTIPAAcross 13: Irritated seeing rat outside shopping centreSMARTINGAAcross 14: Not seeing straight when angry, I'd sayCROSS-EYEDAAcross 16: Emotion not in order for this movementMETOOAAcross 17: Criminal humanoid turned fineCROOKAAcross 19: Insect, say, flying over the moonINECSTASYAAcross 23: Tintin's struggling with Haddock's sixth senseINSTINCTAAcross 24: Rue de Pierre GretzkyREGRETAAcross 26: Very well, dish out punishment covered by briefINFINEFORMAAcross 27: Savage flowerLILYAAcross 28: It hurts to wear jewellery in this gameBOWLINGAAcross 29: Note about covering musiciansPLAYERSDDown 2: Honorary Tory leader implicated in kinky ritualTITULARDDown 3: Point out a winemakerPINOTDDown 4: Illustration no longer sufficient?EXAMPLEDDown 6: Last, but not first, swimmer is off courseASTRAYDDown 7: Kittens to play — getting most tangledKNOTTIESTDDown 8: Impossible bottle party?NOCANDODDown 9: At first, cinemagoer natters rudely during tear-jerker, causing dismayCONSTERNATIONDDown 15: Initially terrified, Warhol is being treated for poor hearingSHOW TRIALDDown 18: Encounter with Mac could become unromanticRUN INTODDown 20: Sweet is almost entirely à la crème puddingCARAMELDDown 21: Thief working separately without paySTEALERDDown 22: Junior doctor for Bury and Wigan at lastINTERNDDown 25: Ditch solving Sudoku — all real silly in the endGULLY