The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 24th March 2004 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 24th March 2004. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Nameless firm arranged song due to late lamented musicianCOMPAYSEGUNDOAAcross 10: Girl getting out of bed for cheeseRICOTTAAAcross 11: Sycophant offers crop to the French kingCRAWLERAAcross 12: Priest holding bird's boneFEMURAAcross 13: Strange mist surrounding misconception of war's declared object ...TERRORISMAAcross 14: ... in the form of sudden attack when 99 out of 100 rejected itICTICAAcross 16: HilarSHORT-TERMAAcross 18: Presses for rags?WARDROBESAAcross 19: Stoop to pointless schemeDEIGNAAcross 20: How we feel about someone giving our corns a twingeRANCOROUSAAcross 23: Times edition for childrenMITESAAcross 24: Outcry over demand for alimony?EXCLAIMAAcross 25: She appears in a late programmeNATALIEAAcross 26: Controversy over communications masts?AERIALWARFAREDDown 2: Soldier in remote operation of diagnostic instrumentONCOMETERDDown 3: Parent somehow missing a pointPATERDDown 4: Unknown direction for risingYEASTDDown 5: Sets about getting in a load of Gallic delicaciesESCARGOTSDDown 6: Peacekeepers' notice chosen but not taken upUNADOPTEDDDown 7: Where they say 5 are availableDELHIDDown 8: Council employee with fine prospectsTRAFFICWARDENDDown 9: Politician tries clumsily to support strait-laced TracyPRIME MINISTERDDown 15: Air-conditioned by element of old Italian societyCARBONARIDDown 16: Lamb runs round erratically, being below parSUBNORMALDDown 17: Church reader always carries a weaponEPISTOLERDDown 21: Slot for an Ulster revolutionaryNICHEDDown 22: Girl's upset by laxativeSENNADDown 23: Theme for check-up if requiredMOTIF