The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 12th March 2009 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 12th March 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Domestic chore completed in accessing cornerHOOVERINGAAcross 10: Better party alfresco?OUTDOAAcross 11: One in five claims books good for copying out textQUOTINGAAcross 12: Cold sea true to formAUSTEREAAcross 13: English vineyard providing light shadeECRUAAcross 14: Seeing limitation work, one brought into game after half-timeOPHTHALMIAAAcross 15: Past follows present? Let me seeNOWTHENAAcross 17: Cool before dice shaken, as expected to winFANCIEDAAcross 19: Fabl?SHORT STORYAAcross 22: Hairy man occupying the saunaESAUAAcross 23: Clarify, so now complicated?EXPLAINAAcross 24: Pirate's audibly rough mannerCORSAIRAAcross 26: Box for old wheelsCRATEAAcross 27: Where cohabitants live, the Church about to prove falseINSINCEREDDown 1: In which government plans men to be gathered by actor Tree, after pollingTHEQUEENSSPEECHDDown 2: Cruise, or line that never arrivesTOMORROWDDown 3: I was in the van, going up to the shopDELIDDown 4: "Victory" — focus of flagship vessel to find a measure of knots, say?WINGSPANDDown 5: Shocked at inhaling hydrogen in its normal stateAGHASTDDown 6: Copper stealing kiss was mistaken for crew memberCOXSWAINDDown 7: Runner needing momentum to bag runsSTREAMDDown 8: Our feature on which questions end and are dealt with?NOTESANDQUERIESDDown 16: Unpleasant person in gardener, perhaps, in trouble when in this?HOT WATERDDown 17: Trees harbouring the kernel of arcane prophecyFORECASTDDown 18: Major bid may be a lotIN SPADESDDown 20: Oliver Twist, perhaps, in many instances in 1 downORPHANDDown 21: Game, or six of them, holding local upTENNISDDown 25: Skin that's hard as a ball in 1 downRIND