The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 5th March 2010 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 5th March 2010. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Spiteful Tommy?CATTYAAcross 4: Jack perhaps has a medium korma, oddly missing an ingredientCARDAMOMAAcross 8: Possibly an orange pin?STOCKING FILLERAAcross 10: Quickest way to start infiltrating nuclear baseFAST LANEAAcross 11: Beds retired floozy in itSTRATAAAcross 12: One for whom zen ethics are ridiculousNIETZSCHEAAcross 15: Award received by Domenico ScarlattiOSCARAAcross 17: Detailed untrue deposition causing complete change of planU-TURNAAcross 18: If several are swimming she'll make sure they're safeLIFE SAVERAAcross 18: If several are swimming she'll make sure they're safeLIFESAVERAAcross 19: Get tight in Athens TXTAUTENAAcross 21: Egg-laying mammals had since evolvedECHIDNASAAcross 24: Conservative dons return to classical models in preliminary researchRECONNAISSANCEAAcross 25: Policemen liking to provoke antipathyDISTASTEAAcross 26: Comforts kids after beheadingEASESDDown 1: Fat Teutonic soprano initially performing in musical dramaCOSIFANTUTTEDDown 2: Beginning to tailor French writer's wedding clothesTROUSSEAUDDown 3: Burden borne by apprentice countrymanYOKELDDown 4: Orthodox geometrical adjective describing a cardinal pointCANONICALDDown 5: Vessel, towards stern, is under moving waterRAFTDDown 6: When Usain Bolt runs they make sure he's "clean"ABLUTIONSDDown 7: 1 down, for example, has no quiet periodOPERADDown 9: People using shears and driersHAIRDRESSERSDDown 13: Belted one of kids, caught comatose and drugged upZONKEDOUTDDown 14: Swear shock treatment Arachne's undergoing is workingEFFECTIVEDDown 16: Wants to hold granny bondsCOVENANTSDDown 20: Statute rigorously restricting temporary children's homesUTERIDDown 22: Publish material without introductionISSUEDDown 23: Burden borne by you and me?ONUS