The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 3rd February 2022 There are 14 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 3rd February 2022. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Playful old chef using lime tips in beerJOCULARAAcross 5: Jump into suit and diveFLEAPITAAcross 9: Walk out in opposition to arrestRUN-INAAcross 10: Repair to new roof is a bargainTWOFORONEAAcross 11: Feeling exhausted and isolatedOUTOFTOUCHAAcross 12: Make 25% by getting one over itFOURAAcross 14: Customised leather rafts sail over the edge, if they're rightFLATEARTHERSAAcross 18: It is answered with reliefCALLOFNATUREAAcross 21: Demand silence on party moneyDOSHAAcross 22: Ideal power structure embraces forcePERFECTIONAAcross 25: Mutated rural mice become erraticMERCURIALAAcross 26: Europeans make eyepiece with high finishIRISHAAcross 27: Fall for rotter in actionCASCADEAAcross 28: Being drug-free, one avoids exploitationNONUSERDDown 1: Clash finished? Not quite and few may understand itJARGONDDown 2: Old king is engaging with an insiderCANUTEDDown 3: Poet expressing pain after desire wanedLONGFELLOWDDown 4: Relationship formed by medium putting time in for daughterRATIODDown 5: Watch Flora dancing without a sequence of steps to followFLOW CHARTDDown 5: Watch Flora dancing without a sequence of steps to followFLOWCHARTDDown 6: School sited between Derby and Oxford, initiallyETONDDown 7: One pushing for union membership expected to bend the kneePROPOSERDDown 8: Golden-hearted believer may provide some ideasTHEORISTDDown 13: Temptation to clean out account with purchaseATTRACTIONDDown 15: Submission issuer occasionally supports to soften things upTENDERISEDDown 16: Unexpectedly, I came across rogue professorACADEMICDDown 17: A ramble up around Stein Head provides varietyALLSORTSDDown 19: Bond's capture of copper puts things straightTIDIESDDown 20: Herculean chore involves stop at seaANCHORDDown 23: Criminal attacked one left outFELONDDown 24: Restaurant has a certain atmosphereAURA