The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 9th March 2001 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 9th March 2001. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: American money going to drug-taking terrorists to get a simple mealJACKET POTATOAAcross 8: Plant stalk an etching featuresALKANETAAcross 9: Swordsman's one lily-like reflectionSAMURAIAAcross 11: Story about boat ride's beginning to get more mischievousLARKIERAAcross 12: Stories about "The King and I" and suchlike productionsTALKIESAAcross 13: Point to unknown source of fermentYEASTAAcross 14: Toper's first into liquor-producing plant - liquor's an immuniserANTISERUMAAcross 16: Watch and leer over gymnastic performanceCARTWHEELAAcross 19: The writer's a mugSTEINAAcross 21: A little bit more (but not all) about the killerMATADORAAcross 23: Carpets arranged in blocksPRECASTAAcross 24: Last words on instant muscleTRICEPSAAcross 25: Individual backing secures gold ring for sherryOLOROSOAAcross 26: May no neo-Nazis get more rum for hapless other ranks?CANNON FODDERDDown 1: Alias (right?) in ( yes!) German capitalJAKARTADDown 2: Work history includes working with one before court and one insideCONVICTDDown 3: Get rid of emigr* carrying timber (dishonoured) to SpainEXTIRPATEDDown 4: Assume there's one in the mailPOSITDDown 5: Commotion curtailed on American burial placeTUMULUSDDown 6: Line about stray dogTERRIERDDown 7: Orchestra and opera house introduce cosy arrangement for infrequent visitorHALLEYSCOMETDDown 10: Planting seeds in half the countryINSEMINATIONDDown 15: Long shot at pachyderm dropping insect in totoTELEPHOTODDown 17: Swilling a Strine wine?RETSINADDown 18: The wild wendigo birdWIDGEONDDown 19: Standing parliaments entertaining alternative drugSTEROIDDDown 20: Inspire fondness and mounting regret about the stateENAMOURDDown 22: "Fiddler's gum" is counted among the maestro's infirmitiesROSIN