The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 2nd March 2012 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 2nd March 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Thrilled parasite was lethal!TICKLEDTODEATHAAcross 8: Cardboarded truck?WAGONAAcross 9: Orbison's recording is visionary: minds are made upINDREAMSAAcross 11: Duke leaving bird in boot again?RE-STARTAAcross 11: Duke leaving bird in boot again?RESTARTAAcross 12: Sign of life after sappers drive backREPULSEAAcross 13: Stop, say, before junctionAVERTAAcross 15: "National service morally wrong", admitted leaders in artillery and infantryROYALMAILAAcross 17: Don Juan is one friend of Mary Poppins in workLIBERTINEAAcross 20: Way-out humour in part in Salad DaysYOUTHAAcross 21: Transport Orlando with large hamperTRAMMELAAcross 23: Metropolitan area announced ironic errorRUISLIPAAcross 25: Starters for two, using raw mushrooms, rice, nuts, curry powderTURMERICAAcross 26: Skip comes back with name for title roleTIMONAAcross 27: Rotten preacher? Nobody's perfectBEYONDREPROACHDDown 1: Borough play — drag queen's providing coverTOWERHAMLETSDDown 2: Pens and cobs primarily, taking donkey's yearsCAGESDDown 3: Bomber's houseLANCASTERDDown 4: Bum visible in boat?DRIFTERDDown 5: Well-organised Communist revolution in airportORDERLYDDown 6: Lofty from EastEnders heard in study?EYEUPDDown 7: I'm an adult working in Madras nowTAMIL NADUDDown 10: One with nipper may be in financial difficultiesFEELTHEPINCHDDown 14: Opening amber fluid OKEMBRASUREDDown 16: Hairstyle's messed up when doffing cap for one who's not a nun in a nunneryLAYSISTERDDown 18: Bride appearing drunk after drinking two litres is certainly not ladylikeILL-BREDDDown 19: Each character in Friends left out as result of nagging?EARACHEDDown 22: Doctor entertained by old chairman's danceMAMBODDown 24: Liberal with novel propositionLEMMA