The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 5th March 2002 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 5th March 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Tough German conceals neurotic fearGANGSTERAAcross 5: Create new ballet positionECARTEAAcross 9: Converge on brave privateBEAR DOWNAAcross 9: Converge on brave privateBEARDOWNAAcross 10: A way of cooking meat in France and SpainFLAMBEAAcross 11: The chances on getting good serviceEVENSONGAAcross 12: Satisfy a joiner in personPANDERAAcross 14: Many marshals handle part of an engineCRANKSHAFTAAcross 18: Noon ordeal troubled heroineLORNADOONEAAcross 22: Powerful plane reaches unknown heightMIGHTYAAcross 23: Fielder desperately wants spinnerLONGSTOPAAcross 24: Turned colour? See, barely!NUDELYAAcross 25: I'm Bill and I'm not what I seemIMPOSTERAAcross 26: Oscar co-ordinates knowledge of gasOXYGENAAcross 27: Supporter hoarding available booksADHERENTDDown 1: Mining waste allowed in vesselGOBLETDDown 2: Order a measure supporting cattleNEATENDDown 3: Cruelty with fireman holding PlutoSADISMDDown 4: Man of mystery makes journalist turn crossEDWINDROODDDown 6: Break down everything that's sprung up in the woodCOLLAPSEDDown 7: Soldiers' standard restorativeREMEDIALDDown 8: Curse old banger at bottom of riverEXECRATEDDown 13: In the dark about knight wearing regimentalsUNINFORMEDDDown 15: Soldier supports sweetheart in the danceFLAMENCODDown 16: Pilot's inherently strict and without warmthFRIGIDLYDDown 17: Dough-covered, sickly sweetPASTILLEDDown 19: Pass over devastated regionIGNOREDDown 20: Expound about superior work of artSTATUEDDown 21: The meaning of lifeSPIRIT