The Guardian Cryptic AnswersThursday, 17th March 2011 There are 14 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 17th March 2011. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic Answers All PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: A king given independence in new surroundings is a bit oddFREAKISHAAcross 9: Ready to circle river 26 downCRASHAAcross 10: In shock — needing a bender!KNEEAAcross 11: Audio device by which the musically illiterate might play an instrumentEAR TRUMPETAAcross 12: Cut, say, in number of people involved in legal processINJURYAAcross 14: Exposed as a fraud and deprived of a berth?DEBUNKEDAAcross 16: US state benefits from brownie-importing Herts townWELFAREAAcross 18: Gaily, casually welcoming sex leads to supplenessAGILITYAAcross 21: City well taken in by criminalFLORENCEAAcross 23: 26 down underwear short woman returnedBRAZILAAcross 24: Fixed price mythological bird with a £ given in returnRECIPROCALAAcross 26: People of mixed Latin and Korean originsFOLKAAcross 27: One and minus one, continuouslyONENDAAcross 28: 26 down edited Mail on Sunday articleMONALISADDown 1: Alternative jig, say, to secure new mounted gunsORDNANCEDDown 2: 26 down's second-rate old presidentBABEDDown 3: Spender's opposite end of poetry for 26 downMISERYDDown 4: 26 down's one day cuts into cleaner energyCHARADEDDown 5: Tree wizard on riverACERDDown 6: A solemn organisation overturning everything that could poison youSALMONELLADDown 7: Abandoned hope with live satellitePHOEBEDDown 13: 26 down's not a description of the Prodigal SonUNFORGIVENDDown 15: Independence gained by backward country's 26 downBIGDDown 17: Leaderless country's 26 downRANDDown 19: After time get healthier, as the three blind mice becameTAILLESSDDown 20: Be glad to see jewel comets without jetsWELCOMEDDown 22: Keep out of sight of "porky" bassLIE LOWDDown 23: Newspaper credit causes b***y rowBY-LINEDDown 23: Newspaper credit causes b***y rowBYLINEDDown 25: 26 down's contribution to endangered speciesREDSDDown 26: Blur record almost ahead of McFly's No. 1FILM