The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 7th March 2001 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 7th March 2001. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: If definite, the recital is fixedARTICLEAAcross 5: Bishop, opposition leader, sculptor and composerBORODINAAcross 10: Seafront centre hairstyleAFROAAcross 11: Everyone enters fish trade? Nonsense!CODSWALLOPAAcross 12: Woven fabric for tailored suits with fine finishTISSUEAAcross 13: Misfortune, having one pound not readily converted into cashILLIQUIDAAcross 14: Type of sketch taken from thin albumTHUMBNAILAAcross 16: Beastly sound? No sound!NEIGHAAcross 17: A team apartASIDEAAcross 19: East wind leading to death or removal of rock, perhapsSTEADYINGAAcross 23: Social worker entering factory with a scarf covering head and shouldersMANTILLAAAcross 24: Alarm about Northern Ireland taxTOCSINAAcross 26: Nicely critical - as if studio would be worriedFASTIDIOUSAAcross 27: Debatable topic broached after beastly noiseMOOTAAcross 28: Make wavy cover for something straight each dayPER DIEMAAcross 29: Symposium presented by a Greek character in 10TEACH-INDDown 2: Disreputable (but attractive) fliers and swimmersRAFFISHDDown 3: Islamic leader studies religious artICONSDDown 4: Hannibal the Carthaginian's last stand in churchLECTERNDDown 6: Writer gets nothing right, fortunatelyORWELLDDown 7: Unruly boy I quell in a roundabout wayOBLIQUELYDDown 8: A household chore that is decreasingIRONINGDDown 9: Runner or dramatist in playADMINISTRATORDDown 15: Chewed over half-warmed fish outside galleryMEDITATEDDDown 18: Stately bird - for example, one brought up in DorsetSWANAGEDDown 20: A performer in taking part is terribleARTISTEDDown 21: Capital letters in biro in a novelNAIROBIDDown 22: Solemn undertaking to abstain from drinking a toastPLEDGEDDown 25: The Beano is amusingCOMIC