The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 26th March 2003 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 26th March 2003. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Most domestic trouble is unobtrusiveMODESTAAcross 4: Lad rejected gift, which is outrageousFLAGRANTAAcross 9: US state like a lake in AfricaNYASAAAcross 10: Peers slow to reform, lacking teethPOWERLESSAAcross 11: Like asbestos, if backing censureFIREPROOFAAcross 12: Where to eat in Germany?ESSENAAcross 13: Futile party?LABOURINVAINAAcross 17: Inquisitor used terror to gain conversionINTERROGATORAAcross 20: Rating in bed with navigatorCABOTAAcross 21: Drunken Argonauts in the pinkANGOSTURAAAcross 23: Holds back from occurrence of poor weather during vacationsRESTRAINSAAcross 24: Mature divinity writerRIPENAAcross 25: Benefit swallowed by cost of a room that's odorousREDOLENTAAcross 26: Like Teresa - chemistry isn't the same without herMYSTICDDown 1: Various kinds of person entitled to a pensionMANIFOLDDDown 2: Ride a bit carelessly and get a wiggingDIATRIBEDDown 3: Rogue politician fell overSCAMPDDown 5: Cooking a fowl means a dubious mathematical propositionLAW OF AVERAGESDDown 6: State call includes study of cultivationGARDENINGDDown 7: In game play is a form of discriminationAGEISMDDown 8: Barley drink makes girl sit upTISANEDDown 10: Anti-abortion (or anti-operation) is increasingPROLIFERATIONDDown 14: Contrived murder most foulUNNATURALDDown 15: Drab end of brass instrumentSTRUMPETDDown 16: Spirit of fear Magna Carta conveysARMAGNACDDown 18: One writing notes to scratch a living?SCORERDDown 19: Indulged in sort of bad habitABUSEDDDown 22: One's mood voiced on premature arousal?SURLY