The Guardian Everyman Answers - Sunday, 21st February 2016 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Everyman crossword on Sunday, 21st February 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Everyman AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Hissing bird turned and left insectSIBILANTAAcross 5: Gathers energy to return prizeESTEEMAAcross 9: Mercy one ordered in ritualCEREMONYAAcross 10: Hollow case, prosecutor's lastCRATERAAcross 12: Fix article, breaking nothingNAILAAcross 13: Cry, dim hope renewed, for syringeHYPODERMICAAcross 16: Time poorly occupied by game, second in townTUNBRIDGEWELLSAAcross 17: Conservative hurt by insulting campaign to win supportCHARMOFFENSIVEAAcross 19: Golfer modified range, retaining good standardGREG NORMANAAcross 20: Singer back in ScotlandALTOAAcross 22: Close attention applied to book set in New YorkNEARBYAAcross 24: Money from gambling factions divided by pubWINNINGSAAcross 25: Changing treaty, talk incessantlyYATTERAAcross 26: Appeal to shareINTERESTDDown 1: Instant alternativeSECONDDDown 2: Exclude piece on universal merit in sedativeBARBITURATEDDown 3: Caustic substance in treeLIMEDDown 4: Novelist showing dynamic front, unusuallyNANCY MITFORDDDown 6: Were tests designed to keep one familiar with urban life?STREETWISEDDown 7: Put away in the atticEATDDown 8: Damage airman starts to appraise, slowly rattling instrumentsMARACASDDown 11: Prisoner in rage got out of order in assemblyCONGREGATIONDDown 14: Hate man with brutality dispatching oneMALEVOLENCEDDown 15: Appalling prohibition I'm lifting, filling a trunkABOMINABLEDDown 17: Firm information about year in powerCOGENCYDDown 18: Staff brought up and established in countyDORSETDDown 21: Formerly working with churchONCEDDown 23: Routine agreement, no pressureACT