The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 5th March 2009 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 5th March 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Provided backs in best tailored suitsBEFITSAAcross 4: At intervals is put out in the form of a poemEPODICAAcross 9: Saxon standard square inches have their origins in a designated areaSSSIAAcross 10: Curling his lip, Spike is unculturedPHILISTINEAAcross 11: It's representative of Chinese brooch, one in ScotlandPINYINAAcross 12: Sundae with hot and cold shakes, not made liquidUNCASHEDAAcross 13: She has a responsibility for a minor work method around riverGODMOTHERAAcross 15: Many years can be over, say, in a secondAGESAAcross 16: Unfair utterance by caveman put heartlesslyUGLYAAcross 17: Make a donation for someone lower than a joke writer?SUBSCRIBEAAcross 21: Carbon having detrimental effect – delightful!CHARMINGAAcross 22: Guarantee to put ageing rock star in the penSURETYAAcross 24: Brummie's on the drink (cane rum), gaining weightIMPORTANCEAAcross 25: Jar tail off small snapperCROCAAcross 26: Directions to king (the king of Pylos)NESTORAAcross 27: God's very large flagOSIRISDDown 1: No 10 possibly concealed ring's oriental codeBUSHIDODDown 2: Hob quite left outFAIRYDDown 3: Vessel overturned by bow crestTOPKNOTDDown 5: A royal auditor's reproductionsPRINCEDDown 6: Extract from a tree fruit revived graduatesDATESUGARDDown 7: Drinks containing nitrogen remains after blazeCINDERSDDown 8: Mobile 3G unifier (ugh!) materially close to a bodyFIGUREHUGGINGDDown 14: Disease-ridden central Himalaya initially reneged on debtsMALARIOUSDDown 16: Not a person in Cancun? Hum anthem!UNHUMANDDown 18: Relative beings from an edge of space bounded by locatorsSISTERSDDown 19: Does up tip, working with sulphurBUTTONSDDown 20: Writer goes round stone consumer's placeBISTRODDown 23: Come another time, getting on before Chile's capital cityRECUR