The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 19th March 2003 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 19th March 2003. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Cuckoo brew's regaled songsterSEDGE WARBLERAAcross 8: Nice lake drained for rude fellowPEASANTAAcross 9: False alarm for one eastern city in AmericaLARAMIEAAcross 11: Water supplier, demanding almost a pound, starts to fill empty reservoirsAQUIFERAAcross 12: School is counting every second of Xmas breaksSCHISMSAAcross 13: Pukka girl's identificationVALIDAAcross 14: Movement made by an old poet not quite in loveANDANTINOAAcross 16: Unusual display of zeal by son - an idle oneLAZYBONESAAcross 19: Outgoing mail, I assumePOSITAAcross 21: Creatures in a horror film: dogs laying siege to central bankMUTANTSAAcross 23: Backward Maid of Orleans the French honourENNOBLEAAcross 24: Carving of antlers or of breastboneSTERNALAAcross 25: Little woman's a rebel in schoolACADEMYAAcross 26: Key displayed by advocate for Houdini, sayESCAPOLOGISTDDown 1: Worm pulled up to be devoured by mammal or birdSEA GULLDDown 1: Worm pulled up to be devoured by mammal or birdSEAGULLDDown 2: Awkward ward given gruel, perhaps, and made to look smallDWARFEDDDown 3: Go on stage with Tina Turner to receive guestsENTERTAINDDown 4: Jumble sale, including spot marker for vehicle partsAXLESDDown 5: A load of old junk he burntBURTHENDDown 6: A tree is beginning to topple - one on a volcanoEL MISTIDDown 7: State papers bound to be very revealing?SPEAKVOLUMESDDown 10: Wild one, say, with a double you that's good to look atEASYONTHEEYEDDown 15: Speed trick Radio 1 dropped? Bravo!DESPERADODDown 17: Instruments seen in the centre of Teheran covered with spotsZITHERSDDown 18: Dickens gets to embrace girl - a stroke of luck!BONANZADDown 19: After wordplay, poke one's tongue?PUNJABIDDown 20: National topicSUBJECTDDown 22: Discharge Vietnamese leader in Laos settlementSALVO