The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Friday, 29th March 2013

There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 29th March 2013. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Artist, not a playwright
AAcross 5:	The Guardian's into rejecting obscenity — which may be malignant
AAcross 9:	Second tea or coffee
AAcross 10:	Wickedness ends daily activity
AAcross 11:	Small bankers in a big way?	GNOMESOFZURICH
AAcross 13:	Colours show poet losing heart
AAcross 14:	Friends' hearty gesture
AAcross 17:	Diet in uncivilised times?
AAcross 18:	Tool increases sound
AAcross 21:	Wrought iron, hot with reason like study of 19s, say
AAcross 23:	Blairist many construed as concerned with race
AAcross 24:	Esau, without hesitation from him, got pottage
AAcross 25:	Writer lost plot with trifle
AAcross 26:	It's more the difficult matter to be proved
DDown 1:	Pander to sanctimonious politician
DDown 2:	One quits in clean fashion, which is futile
DDown 3:	Wound up a character with skill
DDown 4:	Vegetable is hard to cultivate
DDown 5:	Linaria, a reptile strong and flabby
DDown 6:	Creatures lacking backbone — hoods' women catch American king
DDown 7:	Party lacking competence?	UNSKILLEDLABOUR
DDown 8:	Seaside jumper spender also wears
DDown 8:	Seaside jumper spender also wears
DDown 12:	The pest keeps the greatest number to a marked degree
DDown 15:	Oddly, I want the termite
DDown 16:	No gin — my one failing, a disgrace
DDown 19:	Repeated annual check gets the bird
DDown 20:	Sound wood of sound quality
DDown 22:	Pretence of British-American relationship?