The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 27th February 2004 There are 13 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 27th February 2004. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: Where the ring fits so, broadly speakingNEARTHEAAcross 8: Getting in later for convenienceLATRINEAAcross 10: Keen follower of Anne, the first ladyGRIEVEAAcross 11: Ecological disaster filmOIL SLICKAAcross 12: One making a date with the future?PALMAAcross 13: Runs an Indian corporation?DELHIBELLYAAcross 14: Spinning RR into a ball? Not perhaps with this!ANTIROLLBARAAcross 19: Block the passage, so to speakFILIBUSTERAAcross 22: A fish out of water returned PittBRADAAcross 23: Cold fish, say, returning presidentCOOLIDGEAAcross 24: A-airs in northern FranceAMIENSAAcross 25: Carroll's verdict had the wife of HR executedOFFWITHAAcross 26: See 25HERHEADDDown 1: "It's good to be French!" (a line from a wake-up call)GETREALDDown 2: Chap sent to the chair for inspiring Thatcherism?FRIEDMANDDown 3: Take cover, Wednesday's here! *** off!SHIELDDDown 4: Jade ring for her servicesCALL GIRLDDown 5: Puts the question verbally: fish?GRILSEDDown 6: See 7KNUCKLEDDown 9: Offensive infringement aimed at lip-readers?FOUL-MOUTHEDDDown 9: Offensive infringement aimed at lip-readers?FOULMOUTHEDDDown 15: Unite and turn to overwhelmINUNDATEDDown 16: "Madame Secretary", a Liberal British ConservativeALBRIGHTDDown 17: Cons and tearaways?RIPOFFSDDown 18: Hoffman's portrayal of god in human formRAINMANDDown 20: Swain lumbered for a start, sadly with these after marriage?INLAWSDDown 21: One having proof of Jane Eyre's marriageREADER