The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 8th March 2006 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 8th March 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Jetty about to slip into the waterPERRIERAAcross 5: Tea-time treat politician dropped in the salt?CRUMPETAAcross 9: Filming the assault?ONSETAAcross 10: Terribly green is the queen - this'll get things going!ENERGISERAAcross 11: Journey of quiet girl excited by picturePILGRIMAGEAAcross 12: Look! I go among the peopleMIENAAcross 14: When playing up, one method is to look amazedOPENMOUTHEDAAcross 18: Back-to-front child keeps Anglican journalist at home writing a record of what has gone onPROCEEDINGSAAcross 21: Thin for choiceRAREAAcross 22: Lent old dictator nothing, America being very discriminatingFASTIDIOUSAAcross 25: When there's fluff on implements, stop workDOWNTOOLSAAcross 26: 22 without point is relativeNIECEAAcross 27: Bag the haulierCARRIERAAcross 28: A Turkish governor coming upon worker in a state of temporary inactivityABEYANTDDown 1: Quick pint after the concert?PROMPTDDown 2: Outcome for Ulster - fantastic!RESULTDDown 3: One who butts in may be Leo, printer extraordinaryINTERLOPERDDown 4: It's cold in space, I'd say!RHEUMDDown 5: Vicar is honest, introducing rogues initially to exercisesCLERGYMANDDown 6: Surgeon dispatching boy on impulseURGEDDown 7: Artistic jumble - surprisingly it's cheapPASTICHEDDown 8: Lament for the late railway, done up inside after the cutTHRENODYDDown 13: Settling loans, I get spoken of as thickSUBSIDENCEDDown 15: Measure of French taste, not the first to tryENDEAVOURDDown 16: Commercial I appear in crops up now and thenSPORADICDDown 17: Bishop or oarsman? One's in debtBORROWERDDown 19: Waited on Georgia in the wine shopBODEGADDown 20: Hospital department pursues Neddy for approvalASSENTDDown 23: A cost to produce operaTOSCADDown 24: A case for sewing being included in private tuitionETUI