The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 20th March 2001 There are 16 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 20th March 2001. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Back again with golden girl for 18ROWENAAAcross 4: Musician who gives false accounts?FIDDLERAAcross 9: Everybody Russian keeps a model 13ALLIGATORAAcross 10: False turn in the toiletsBOGUSAAcross 11: Meeting to vex proverbially patient characterTRYSTAAcross 12: Drunk goes for pre-salted nutsPLASTEREDAAcross 13: Pig's head in cream - recipe sent back by member of classREPTILEAAcross 15: Alien retired, retreating from argumentDEBATEAAcross 17: Plant from the Eastern IslesSESELIAAcross 19: Snake receiving religious instruction from music makerMARIMBAAAcross 22: Where to relax with light music after churchEASY CHAIRAAcross 24: Leaves on equal termsQUITSAAcross 26: Cheeky chap on fiddle and pianoSCAMPAAcross 27: Swiss 18, losing nothing, gets let outHELVETIANAAcross 28: Serious bridge opponents first produce artworkENGRAVEAAcross 29: Shorty goes to Sweden in painSTITCHDDown 1: Churchman securing a supplier of energyREACTORDDown 2: 25 is a friend to womenWALLYDDown 3: Clubbing with Spooner's scalpel?NIGHT LIFEDDown 3: Clubbing with Spooner's scalpel?NIGHTLIFEDDown 4: Saucy striker, perhapsFORWARDDDown 5: Obligation to take turn in first performanceDEBUTDDown 6: "Power of Maths": record with which member secures unlikely hitLOGARITHMDDown 7: Live with faction pursuing heartless rogueRESIDEDDown 8: Food past its sell-by date contains source of pandemicSTAPLEDDown 14: Crash involving ship in, for instance, conscription servicePRESS GANGDDown 14: Crash involving ship in, for instance, conscription servicePRESSGANGDDown 16: Shed takes on mission as a favourBYREQUESTDDown 18: Russian ruler with garden tool for Scottish heroIVANHOEDDown 19: Spy drinking artist's spiritsMORALEDDown 20: Ban this concoction!ABSINTHDDown 21: Tenant with smaller quantity of drugsLESSEEDDown 23: Elevenses for publishers' assistantCUPPADDown 25: Someone intellectually challenged to dot Is, perhapsIDIOT