The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 1st March 2006 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 1st March 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Rough sea still appears to have no bottomTAILLESSAAcross 5: She was hardly amused and made us petrifiedMEDUSAAAcross 9: Support beneath centre of spineUNDERPINAAcross 10: Examples of indirect speech?ASIDESAAcross 12: A cordial monk?BENEDICTINEAAcross 15: Actors first seen in a musicalCASTSAAcross 17: Queue of those wanting a hole-in-the-wall?BREAD LINEAAcross 17: Queue of those wanting a hole-in-the-wall?BREADLINEAAcross 18: Is it eatable or for cooking? Tell me moreELABORATEAAcross 19: Chaucer's steward with a tale about EveREEVEAAcross 20: They won't be taken for a ridePEDESTRIANSAAcross 24: The cost of Mother's DayDAMAGEAAcross 25: Where ladies are at home in Mozart's operaSERAGLIOAAcross 26: A songster's disease?THRUSHAAcross 27: Slanders occurring when prizes are announcedASPERSESDDown 1: Instrument of torture used by Tom's gang?THUMBSCREWDDown 2: One Indian's abroad, living in Bali?INDONESIANDDown 3: Glaringly coloured trumpet fishLURIDDDown 4: The operator used them to rotate stageSWITCHBOARDSDDown 6: A Fowler, perhaps, spoiled Rene's dateEASTENDERDDown 7: Part of your design is pointedURDEDDown 8: A band of players into the bargainALSODDown 11: Enduring quality of bare wheels in DetroitTIRELESSNESSDDown 13: They show when and where index appears is newspaperTIMETABLESDDown 14: Holiday is on/off following withdrawalsRECESSIONSDDown 16: Closures, say, shut down the pressesSTOPPAGESDDown 21: Writer who lost half readershipREADEDDown 22: Put together a variety of dietEDITDDown 23: Leader of Eastern world, according to the RussiansEMIR