The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 22nd February 2024 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 22nd February 2024. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Stop key piercing skinRESCINDAAcross 5: One of those on the board in 'otel on streetSTILTONAAcross 9: Temple say, where church dignitary originally involved in criminal trialsCHILDAAcross 10: See 17 DownPOLICEMANAAcross 11: Where heaps could be made flabby?OUTOFSHAPEAAcross 12: See 9STARAAcross 14: Turn up for yoga class, did you say? Boo and hiss!ONOMATOPOEIAAAcross 18: Like some old houses where two little boys live with socialist behind hospitalHALF-TIMBEREDAAcross 21: Titaness back on the radio?RHEAAAcross 22: Playful crime fools jerksFROLICSOMEAAcross 25: Those increasing pace of journey narrated story with twistsTAILWINDSAAcross 26: Defeat finally complete after reversal, lose itERUPTAAcross 27: Country game on river recalledNIGERIAAAcross 28: Naked dean back from Japan, sayEASTERNDDown 1: Priest runs after page 3, for exampleRECTORDDown 2: Hot under the collar, collared and cuffed?SHIRTYDDown 3: Suffering if in need, it's endlessINDEFINITEDDown 4: Huddersfield initially at bottom of division - how far down?DEPTHDDown 5: Explosive ingredient key in spirit, head of course blowing offSALTPETREDDown 6: Island, 1/63,360 milesINCHDDown 7: Feline and little piggies guzzling a fruit of the vineTOMATOESDDown 8: Relative instructed to cover a baked foodNANBREADDDown 13: Where bishop might have to move quickly, sermons about five hundred secondsSPEEDCHESSDDown 15: Notes in old currency collected by Paul and mumMEMORANDADDown 16: Dance bands on with the mostly funny old playerCHARLTONDDown 17: Hump: cop off in the arms of Morpheus?SLEEPINGDDown 19: Amount of space in bookVOLUMEDDown 20: See 16HESTONDDown 23: Thread is line in middle of bulletinLISLEDDown 24: Capsizing in warfare, weakened vesselEWER