The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 7th March 2008 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 7th March 2008. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Roman emperor, about 51, taking parts of GaulCALIGULAAAcross 5: Spooner's lifts, rail transport for hobos?BOXCARAAcross 9: Ducks on river somewhere in Somerset beginning to swimPOCHARDSAAcross 10: Conservative leader has means of securing agreementACCORDAAcross 11: City still on cloud nineECSTATICAAcross 12: Making people laugh about Sagan's "Origin of the Universe"?COSMICAAcross 14: Orlando's stuff is of no accountIMMATERIALAAcross 18: End of term - time to interrupt one composer or anotherMONTEVERDIAAcross 22: Body (without wings, naturally) going round sunURANUSAAcross 23: Oil drilling platform amid raging waterIRRIGATEAAcross 24: Our ancestors? Put 'em in a corralAPEMENAAcross 25: Hotel in Notts town providing room for manufacture or repairWORKSHOPAAcross 26: Rail transport for tutors?TRAINSAAcross 27: German ship - be right in frontBERLINERDDown 1: Rozzer going to prison takes what's in cell - mineralCOPPERDDown 2: Migratory insect seen in treeLOCUSTDDown 3: Split in Indian state was almost unknownGO AWAYDDown 4: Architect delivered warm housing designLUDWIGMIESDDown 6: Cigarette end found in coat after performing quick inspectionONCE-OVERDDown 7: How mince is cooked for a Chinese dishCHOW MEINDDown 8: Make a mockery of the law, holding up police after start of investigationRIDICULEDDown 13: See 4VANDERROHEDDown 15: Walking in the morning, except when carrying large articleAMBULANTDDown 16: Gunners entered privatelyIN CAMERADDown 17: Laurence is turning blueCERULEANDDown 19: See 1NICKELDDown 20: Track an AfghanPATHANDDown 21: Noted sergeant in Scotch bonnet, for examplePEPPER