The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 29th March 2007 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 29th March 2007. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: King having a great time - a blast!KABOOMAAcross 4: Slight tease, bit of a porkerSPARERIBAAcross 9: Greater Manchester's creaking joint?OLDHAMAAcross 10: Send back perfect lamb, perhaps, having eaten beef to get blood poisoningTOXAEMIAAAcross 11: When touring, miss London (also Pacific nation)SOLOMON ISLANDSAAcross 13: Siren's given Fury stick, the sucker!VAMPIRE BATAAcross 14: Water, pure and simpleMEREAAcross 16: Wasteful scum in 21 5SLAGAAcross 18: Weaken, having torn a muscle at end of gameEMASCULATEAAcross 21: Dubious other painter shouldn't forge Rembrandt's workTHERETURNOFTHEAAcross 23: Relation attending university that was a joke, creating uproarBROUHAHAAAcross 24: Woman after reversal of morning sicknessMALADYAAcross 25: Light now failing, happening before team loses openerEVENTIDEAAcross 26: A few lines of comedy or artistry?SKETCHDDown 1: A weirdo, whichever way you look at itKOOKDDown 2: Where boredom unusual (if you're lucky!)BEDROOMDDown 3: Great work, as old relation steals goldORATORIODDown 5: See 21PRODIGALSONDDown 6: So you don't say?REALLYDDown 7: Might this comprise a candlelit dinner, then bloke caught fertilising eggs?ROMANCEDDown 8: Where bolder explorer's heading - but there's a catch to it!BRASSIEREDDown 12: Frank said to appear surprisedOPENMOUTHEDDDown 13: Holding pose, possible can be seenVISITABLEDDown 15: To get the better of folk, aunt proves deviousOUTFLANKDDown 17: Flower's somewhat phenomenal ascentANEMONEDDown 19: What's different: skill to get acrossATHWARTDDown 20: Poker may be very excitingRED-HOTDDown 22: Girl with a lisp? An unlikely storyMYTH