The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 25th March 2004 There are 17 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 25th March 2004. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Saw dog wearing leadPROVERBAAcross 5: Stinking row about honourNOISOMEAAcross 10: Trade in vital fluid containing tungstenSWAPAAcross 11: Transported skip after a whileSPELL-BOUNDAAcross 11: Transported skip after a whileSPELLBOUNDAAcross 12: Horse is in pain carrying king to lakeSORRELAAcross 13: Turning over weapon to a politician is uselessNUGATORYAAcross 14: Surgery for small man on board floating platformSKIN GRAFTAAcross 16: Opportunity for son to make outSCOPEAAcross 17: Many retreat before landownerLAIRDAAcross 19: Ban written work containing plagiarismPROSCRIBEAAcross 23: Tree ring cut by a crackCALABASHAAcross 24: Character and disposition of a tunerNATUREAAcross 26: Rise awkwardly to position of defianceRESISTANCEAAcross 27: Rare appreciation of parentREARAAcross 28: Magazine shows ways gunners retreatedARSENALAAcross 29: Butcher breaks bent panSKILLETDDown 2: Fuss over rugby player attached to racing boatROWLOCKDDown 3: President interrupts contender, a treacherous personVIPERDDown 4: Commander tours street for lawbreakerRUSTLERDDown 6: Force knight to leave ignoble orderOBLIGEDDown 7: Bob left Cliff's vehicleSPORTS CARDDown 8: Trespasser's peril requires word of comfort repeated quietlyMANTRAPDDown 9: Ordinary coppersPENNYFARTHINGDDown 15: Frank eats r-rodent in storyNARRATIVEDDown 18: Old city supports a match that's played just for pleasureAMATEURDDown 20: Where on board stowaway initially has to stripSUN DECKDDown 20: Where on board stowaway initially has to stripSUNDECKDDown 21: Assault creates courtroom angerBARRAGEDDown 22: Ray hides posh gownMANTUADDown 25: Novice left mountainous regionTYROL