The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 15th March 2005 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 15th March 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Ground or pasture for old beastPTEROSAURAAcross 6: Strength in something the widow had saidMIGHTAAcross 9: Ugly, Iraq? No fun, I'd fancy, in the heatQUALIFYINGROUNDAAcross 10: Girl in passageway stopping short, looking backELLAAAcross 11: Time you recalled workers - end of holidayTHEENEMYAAcross 14: A new fellow can start to operate quite slowlyANDANTINOAAcross 15: Solid piece about to be taken out of treeSPRUEAAcross 16: Mount with medium-hard mineral at its coreHOREBAAcross 18: I think one should get firm with troublemaker losing headCOGITATORAAcross 20: Outlaw making likely end - bad one being suspendedNEDKELLYAAcross 21: Blemish is almost frighteningSCARAAcross 25: Illegal entrant, I exploded something said to be dangerousALITTLELEARNINGAAcross 26: One of those letters from abroad soldiers sent back to mumSIGMAAAcross 27: Parliamentarian dog spoke aloud in the style of SpoonerROUNDHEADDDown 1: Needle in stiff fabricPIQUEDDown 2: Authorised report of lady's exsanguinationENABLEDDDown 3: Singer - man providing lift with revolutionary soundOTISDDown 4: Some revolutionary lefties in compoundARYLDDown 5: Make an effective stab at providing a short surveyRUN-THROUGHDDown 6: Steel component in designated habitat for semi-arboreal mammal?MARTENSITEDDown 7: Nasty stuff affecting kids could lead to a listener's complaintGLUEEARDDown 8: Toy given twist beginning to break, split on the outsideTEDDY BEARDDown 12: Not here - but in Rome?IN ABSENTIADDown 13: A taxing time, particularly for AmericansFISCAL YEARDDown 14: Olympic entertainers running in heats, carrying a numberATHENIANSDDown 17: See 3REDDINGDDown 19: Touching performance in Derby, sayTACTILEDDown 22: Poor paper - person in charge of it was furiousRAGEDDDown 23: What Cupid bears audibly for loverBEAUDDown 24: Bloke getting sacked losing egoFRED