The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 22nd March 2006 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 22nd March 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Sort of window with sides blocked out in roomATTICAAcross 4: Nearly time for old treatise to appearALMAGESTAAcross 8: Then hear dean get potty about old Bible and what's in it?HEAVENANDEARTHAAcross 10: Idler tore around? Not right - dawdledLOITEREDAAcross 11: Contract doesn't include a second orderDECREEAAcross 12: One must get whites to integrateEGGBEATERAAcross 15: One of the ancient people holding round ornamentPICOTAAcross 17: Report of precipitation somewhere in CornwallHAYLEAAcross 18: Limit school studies at the outsetCONSTRAINAAcross 19: Value a fair systemEQUITYAAcross 21: One can tell how much resistance there isOHMMETERAAcross 24: Man's Opel grille is unusual - selling point for the car?MILES PER GALLONAAcross 25: The people to try St Joan?STRIVERSAAcross 26: Report of mist somewhere in MiddlesexHAYESDDown 1: A cold fish, she admitted fatal weaknessACHILLES' HEELDDown 2: Drink by oneself, making fun of others?TEASINGLYDDown 3: Make a fuss leaving a popular holiday islandCRETEDDown 4: Can pet ail awfully? Here's a drugANALEPTICDDown 5: Way electronic device falls shortMODEDDown 6: Rock venue? Good place for orchestra to entertain composerGRAVEL PITDDown 7: Lecherous man with sex appeal - despot, not halfSATYRDDown 9: Fresh fashion - start of spring calls for colourful fringesNEWTONSRINGSDDown 13: English reformer full of energy, one in secret societyELEUTHERIDDown 14: Farm workers on Archers broadcastRANCHEROSDDown 16: What Yorkshireman would do once to show appreciation for Ray's material?CHANTILLYDDown 20: Member of Christian community upset people of Japan, then ThailandUNIATDDown 22: Army entering border after revolution in old kingdomMEATHDDown 23: Sword going in deeper? The reverse of that!EPEE