The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 7th February 2024 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 7th February 2024. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Birds on seaside spot to start with, eating what they eatOSPREYSAAcross 5: Dealing with cake that's seasonal without filling and toppingSLICINGAAcross 10: Singer keen to make a comebackDIVAAAcross 11: To split up and desert over the onset of marriage is an idealised visionUTOPIANISMAAcross 12: Testament featuring male member in bloomersSTAMENAAcross 13: Followed the example of having dealt poorly with birdEMULATEDAAcross 14: Regular light infantry starts out with one who doesn't belongGUERRILLAAAcross 16: Entanglements from speedKNOTSAAcross 17: Sharp causing laceration in casualtyACUTEAAcross 19: Much arena activity for usHUMAN RACEAAcross 23: A badge for fooling around?BADINAGEAAcross 24: Appetiser is able to simulateCANAPEAAcross 26: One of 16 churches: the first welcomes love, the second follows itCLOVE HITCHAAcross 27: See 7 DownSHIPAAcross 28: Futile to cut backUSELESSAAcross 29: Drama writer's safe spacePLAYPENDDown 2: Dog caught in awful menagerieSHIH-TZUDDown 3: Realism is lost in this fieldREALMDDown 4: We read out a couple of lettersYOUANDIDDown 6: Face being sick in bed?LAID UPDDown 7: Vessel or twoCONTAINERDDown 8: Whiff of sodium is emergingNASCENTDDown 9: Like Euler, a notable original!NOBEL LAUREATEDDown 15: Bringing back earlier TV productionRETRIEVALDDown 18: Wine and tea and endless joyCHABLISDDown 20: Booze trashed what's within school wallsALCOHOLDDown 21: Covers eyes, we hear, to turn overCAPSIZEDDown 22: Don't start arguments and beatingsLASHESDDown 25: Finally clean a dirty place that's vileNASTY