The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 29th February 2024 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 29th February 2024. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: Pastry base for Spooner's tinned meatCAKESTANDAAcross 8: Type of cake that's a hitPOUNDAAcross 9: Showed cop's note in pastry case by journalistDISPLAYEDAAcross 10: Pastry for tea, you say made with cunning, missing toppingTUILEAAcross 12: Pastry made from shortcrust mix: seconds wasted forgetting time and temperatureCHURROAAcross 13: Flaky pastry is displaying lack of densitySPARSITYAAcross 14: Boatman returns with kilo of rock cakeBAKLAVAAAcross 17: Second rock cake is liable to produce vomitSEASICKAAcross 20: Popular small porker with head removed close say to wings?INSIGNIAAAcross 22: Messages ending bygone custom via papyri: small progress?EMAILSAAcross 24: Steal quietly forward to get cakeCREPEAAcross 25: Track and field where his cattle wanderATHLETICSAAcross 26: Boatman taken in by very much unknown type of cakeFAIRYAAcross 27: Six against one, humbled ultimately by head's clarityVIVIDNESSDDown 1: Somewhat like Judo master's pastry?DANISHDDown 2: Unboxed item – import sale materialTEMPORALDDown 3: He mapped the source of the Orinoco after raising one of London's hospitalsSTRABODDown 4: Under canvas, reportedly getting saturated?INTENSEDDown 5: They're forbidden to eat bun's filling in American cakesDONUTSDDown 6: Questioning limits of action: awful, yet ironicANALYTICDDown 11: Chai free to be served regularly hereCAFEDDown 15: The ends of a journey and not getting sickness: that's unusualABNORMALDDown 16: Let off steam, in consequence rejecting leaderVENTDDown 18: Beginning to confess eating pastrySTARTINGDDown 19: Good pastry (shortcrust) leads to intense cramps of the stomachGASTRICDDown 21: Blended mince pie with rumIMPUREDDown 22: Pastry with problematic calories? Not so!ECLAIRDDown 23: Voracious eater of filo custard sliceLOCUST