The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 17th March 2004 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 17th March 2004. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Newspapers like pin-ups - Araucaria, Rufus ... which is most sporting? It's a question of vanityMIRRORMIRRORAAcross 8: Call the fishy fishwifeHELLCATAAcross 9: Doctrine in "The Times" causes consternationDISMAYSAAcross 11: Smash the racists, backward about a trendy white affair?FLATTENAAcross 12: Drink made one idiot hit backMARTINIAAcross 13: Concise CV of trader's perfectIDEALAAcross 14: See 1ONTHEWALLAAcross 16: One removes further ton to earth's coreEXTRACTORAAcross 19: See 1WHOISAAcross 21: See 1THEMALLAAcross 23: In waiting for god, sort of complexELECTRAAAcross 24: Foundation investing money in error in recessionFOOTINGAAcross 25: Weirdo gets the occasional danceODDBALLAAcross 26: Bananas like oranges? What makes bananas look like bananas?ROUND THE BENDDDown 1: Benefit from extent of travelsMILEAGEDDown 2: Performance, being realistic, is not surrealRECITALDDown 3: Utter state of two back in the pavilion?OUT-AND-OUTDDown 4: Dedication required in time for bug to establish computer connectionMODEMDDown 5: Hold on to proprietyRESERVEDDown 6: Award pointless in a musical instrumentOCARINADDown 7: See 1 acrossTHEFAIRESTOFDDown 10: Hesitate as foolish girl slurs?SHILLYSHALLYDDown 15: Bronte sisters may be hard on Welshman in bookTHREESOMEDDown 17: Unsteady effect, lot more unsteadyTREMOLODDown 18: Mount, no animal to dispose of, keeping a type of camelARABIANDDown 19: Coax Smith with sharp instrument, bluntedWHEEDLEDDown 20: Departing, to draw 26 26OUTWARDDDown 22: Situation won't begin to be easyLIGHT