The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 9th February 2023 There are 15 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 9th February 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Proposing one time over jewelleryTABLINGAAcross 5: America to colonise outside here?SEATTLEAAcross 9: Fury as bonnet falls off old carANGERAAcross 10: Online drug trade?E-COMMERCEAAcross 10: Online drug trade?ECOMMERCEAAcross 11: Fictional material kept in Tory organisationKRYPTONITEAAcross 12: Unit in preliminary retreatMILEAAcross 14: Freewheel from 18 to 5 across?COASTTOCOASTAAcross 18: Foreign character left theatre with a drop of Amarone and cheesePHILADELPHIAAAcross 21: A course on holidayAWAYAAcross 22: Smartphone program starting to really tempt noviceAPPRENTICEAAcross 25: Farmers maybe produce strong punch with last of applesHAYMAKERSAAcross 26: Bachelor, evicted from bars, boltsLOCKSAAcross 27: Former prime minister's on board with casesSHEATHSAAcross 28: In the ’60s, partygoers sacked women entertainersSINGERSDDown 1: Vessels filled with last of Scotch — cheers!THANKSDDown 2: Might Sasquatch have one for looking at a tropical fish?BIGEYEDDown 3: Helping stop rail strike? That's foolishIRRATIONALDDown 4: Recycling unlimited energy is environmentally friendlyGREENDDown 5: Baseball player's clothing covers up grassSHORT-STOPDDown 5: Baseball player's clothing covers up grassSHORTSTOPDDown 6: Forces woman to shelter RomeoARMYDDown 7: Final computer workstationTERMINALDDown 8: Pieces of gold and silver, perhapsELEMENTSDDown 13: No capital? Broke, getting new to-do listACTIONPLANDDown 15: Sweden's PM once recalled the French head of state without restSLEEPLESSDDown 16: Climbing mountains, she's making lead storiesSPLASHESDDown 17: Soldier to talk, yet shaking to bitsGIGABYTEDDown 19: 101 reading about Latin and English groupCIRCLEDDown 20: Around beginning of Easter, goes without food and large mealsFEASTSDDown 23: Opposing abolishing small lunchtime breaksRESTSDDown 24: Get rid of actorsCAST