The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Monday, 5th March 2012

There are 13 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 5th March 2012. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 5:	US general embraced by one German girl	EILEEN
AAcross 6:	They may have fallen on people's feet
AAcross 9:	Secure a basic commodity
AAcross 10:	Frightening the French into preparing for war
AAcross 11:	Space evolved a long time back
AAcross 12:	Agrees to a wage cut and drowns one's sorrows	TAKESADROP
AAcross 13:	Is unable to face the situation with free-range poultry?	CHICKENSOUT
AAcross 18:	An acrostic composed for a Latin American
AAcross 21:	Horse's blaze of celebrity
AAcross 22:	Leg side shot results in being out	ONSTRIKE
AAcross 23:	V-sign shows one is not in agreement!
AAcross 24:	Column I shall condense into a short paragraph
AAcross 25:	On which to get wind of something?
DDown 1:	Messy hit-and-run?
DDown 2:	Deprived, due to faulty beer measure!
DDown 3:	One US state has a right to top another
DDown 4:	Disgraced bogus journalist
DDown 5:	Once wrong, made exact
DDown 7:	Elder in sore distress
DDown 8:	Not a member of the first form at Westminster
DDown 14:	Prime minister?
DDown 15:	Slackens off when the sun is out at quarter past eight, say
DDown 16:	Go into service?	JOINUP
DDown 17:	Make rapid progress in a profession
DDown 19:	Sums lost at rummy
DDown 20:	Books with opposing points about love, in a way