The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 18th March 2011 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 18th March 2011. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Ineffective exhortation to inveterate consumerUSELESSAAcross 5: One of two, level with each otherABREASTAAcross 10: Scampering round army baseCAMPAAcross 11: Foul-smelling but safe aid to a curryASAFOETIDAAAcross 12: Approach plugholeADVENTAAcross 13: Wanted to have fashionable party in US, tooIN DEMANDAAcross 14: Outstandingly successful detective presents one with a billGOLDENEYEAAcross 16: Regularly gobbles suet and fatOBESEAAcross 17: Health clubs get Frenchman fitSPASMAAcross 19: Many in City chase rise during crisisEMERGENCYAAcross 23: An East European to be stifled by no French emperor!NAPOLEONAAcross 24: Children, finally house-trained, remove footwearUNSHOEAAcross 26: Very ugly female novelist makes something to eatGORGONZOLAAAcross 27: Interested in me? Sadly notINTOAAcross 28: Thin and angular, as Arachne becameSPIDERYAAcross 29: Gastropod consisting of muscle onlyABALONEDDown 2: Someone unnamed and intrinsically averageSO-AND-SODDown 3: Drop round to see one offLAPSEDDown 4: Rigorous dispute with BrownSPARTANDDown 6: Bally silly, old boy!BLOODYDDown 7: After time in the Bronx one can be worthy of respectESTIMABLEDDown 8: Short tracks containing warbles about a little girlSIDINGSDDown 9: Early on I'm Norma, not a bad actressMARILYN MONROEDDown 15: Threw up and expired, having secretly knocked back spiritsDISGORGEDDDown 18: Pupae, cooked and thus consumed, make a hearty dishPEA SOUPDDown 20: Rival horticulturalists initially united to dig for foodRHUBARBDDown 21: Against eating grub as an accompaniment to 18?CROUTONDDown 22: Bill has thrown up stomach contentsTENNERDDown 25: Serene spirit comes from thisSTILL