The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 25th February 2005 There are 17 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 25th February 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Current works included in cutTOP SIDEAAcross 1: Current works included in cutTOPSIDEAAcross 5: "Crikey!" (that's what it says here), "a sea-girt piece of land!"CORSICAAAcross 10: Transmitter manMIKEAAcross 11: Avian state born in peculiar surroundingsWEAVERBIRDAAcross 12: Practical joker grasps point of ornamental mineralJASPERAAcross 13: How mysterious to maintain the Queen is anything but!EXOTERICAAcross 14: Big, strong, virtuous person emulating Ms Dynamite?STRAPPINGAAcross 16: Girl's erstwhile lawyer taken aback by Turkish commanderBECKYAAcross 17: Russian king in French woodBORISAAcross 19: Revolutionary France's memorial bannerORIFLAMMEAAcross 23: Providing a reminder to observe fast again?REDOLENTAAcross 24: Military operations drowning piano passage with strong currentRAPIDSAAcross 26: Head of Broadcasting wants to broadcast "Legend of the Forge Master"BLACKSMITHAAcross 27: 16 pints producing cursory display of affectionPECKAAcross 28: Stickler taking name of danglerPENDANTAAcross 29: Austen heroine embraces Peake hero at noxious gatheringEMPYEMADDown 2: It gives a brown coat to animal, fish and insectOXIDANTDDown 3: Too dear to soakSTEEPDDown 4: Subject of Marvell''s poem "On a Snotty Nose"?DEWDROPDDown 6: Superior German set over principal fairyOBERONDDown 7: Second bungee-jumping artist from the lower ordersSUBGENERADDown 8: Is crack badly affected by movement of traffic?CARSICKDDown 9: One man, inebriated, reeling - not English? Not necessarilyMADEINBRITAINDDown 15: Organic compound for a largely Cretan police departmentAMINO ACIDDDown 18: Cover story finished firstOVERLIEDDown 20: Town where one enthusiast stifles resistance to anotherFARNHAMDDown 21: Parent taking long and lyrical measureMODICUMDDown 22: The admiral's in the holdNELSONDDown 25: Flower-like oeuvre of Britney Spears?POPPY