The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 25th March 2005 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 25th March 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Style of jacket suitable for the Amazon?SINGLE-BREASTEDAAcross 8: Broadcast from a river deltaAIREDAAcross 9: Bereft like Oliver Twist or Daphne, perhapsORPHANEDAAcross 11: A promising sign of PeaceROSEBUDAAcross 12: A prince looked up to in Washington?RAINIERAAcross 13: Drink which clearly makes the difference between competitorsWATERAAcross 15: Sunday visitors seen on a Brighton beach?STRIPPERSAAcross 17: Tempest shows god in rageRAINSTORMAAcross 20: She shared Laurie's cider and ...ROSIEAAcross 21: ... plans to play chess with meSCHEMESAAcross 23: Young woman: a spirited figure in Greece and in FranceNYMPHETAAcross 25: Hairdresser says: "I offer short cut free"COIFFEURAAcross 26: Sisters burdened with old namesNOUNSAAcross 27: American jugsPENITENTIARIESDDown 1: The countryman's asparagus starts to grow ripe and sweet when birds are aroundSPARROWGRASSDDown 2: Divers can suffer from these needlesNARKSDDown 3: Mrs Johnson's spotted beetlesLADYBIRDSDDown 4: Fair ladiesBLONDESDDown 5: "I, Claudius" - a great Penguin!EMPERORDDown 6: Mystic friend from Devon and CornwallSWAMIDDown 7: I serenely applied some cosmeticsEYELINERSDDown 10: Manifestos showing promises about employmentPROSPECTUSESDDown 14: The largest of Ezekiel's dry connectionsTHIGHBONEDDown 16: Why the arsonist destroyed army piano?PYROMANIADDown 18: Dirty Russian river disturbanceOBSCENEDDown 19: Time ran out for muezzin supporterMINARETDDown 22: Law expert in ordinary dressMUFTIDDown 24: Time I joined 23 in ParadiseHOURI