The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 30th March 2005 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 30th March 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: US fighter plane destroyed the Basra regionTHEPERSIANGULFAAcross 9: Settler putting down rootsPLANTERAAcross 10: London district requiring passport from Ealing and HollowayPIMLICOAAcross 11: Island reverting from King? Leave it out!TIMORAAcross 12: Ferdinand sleeps with cowsBULLDOZESAAcross 13: Manatees migrating east for a wild stretch in the PacificTASMAN SEAAAcross 14: Not every good European voter heads for the desertNEGEVAAcross 15: Grip over the Tower of LondonRAVENAAcross 17: Service conductor fired primitive tenorLITURGISTAAcross 20: City in Devon he developedEINDHOVENAAcross 22: Wordsworth's auto-biography needs no spin, miss!ELUDEAAcross 23: More potent suite arranged in the wingsLUSTIERAAcross 24: "_____ a place for us" (Sondheim); in Avila was she?THERESAAAcross 25: He threw oil over Jock's clan pool; a thousand perishedJACKSON POLLOCKDDown 1: Purpose of condensation, if bottle purity contaminatedTOPUTITBRIEFLYDDown 2: He attacked Luther with deadly MausersERASMUSDDown 3: Consider host, throw a partyENTERTAINDDown 4: What the doctor does before leaving recordsSCRIBESDDown 5: Beyond hope, mother! Turning to the bottle!AMPULLADDown 6: God! Mother's confined by crack upGOMADDDown 7: I, an unknown, interrupting the French swine: Napoleon's defeat here!LEIPZIGDDown 8: Hotspur's scornful prayer on the Euro threat to Germany?GODSAVETHEMARKDDown 14: Sensational results from this bottle maker?NERVE CELLDDown 16: Butterfly needing wind indicators when climbingVANESSADDown 17: Well, Ivor Novello departed from this portLIVORNODDown 18: Cover for a Churchill's head?TANK TOPDDown 19: Could be in love, true; but there's a baby involved hereIN UTERODDown 21: Wine one's imbibed for liftHOICK