The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 16th March 2012 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 16th March 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Dancing fan not in time for jazzed up programmesINFOTAINMENTAAcross 8: Eat nuts after wasted mealHIGH TEAAAcross 9: Warning about fish shaking a lotFORTUNEAAcross 11: Author dashed off a partRANSOMEAAcross 12: Two swimmers, the first perceived in sound barrierRAILINGAAcross 13: Mark requiring second kissSPECKAAcross 14: Current slump needs correcting: Number 10 is fronting pushIMPULSIONAAcross 16: With spin, one's taken in by Cameron? I see what you meanLIP READERAAcross 16: With spin, one's taken in by Cameron? I see what you meanLIPREADERAAcross 19: It's hot filling tea cups etcCHINAAAcross 21: Emphatic confession of one telling stories about sun worshipIDOLISEAAcross 23: Conveyance from one endlessly gracious in The Faerie QueeneMINICABAAcross 24: Like ugly little chap? Snog him excitablyGNOMISHAAcross 25: Make out sporting contest in Ascot?NECKTIEAAcross 26: French correspondent is a Pulitzer Prize winnerNORMAN MAILERDDown 1: Inexperienced girl's not faking it in going on topINGENUEDDown 2: Thoroughly disheartened evangelist interrupting churchgoers for a bit of a nagFETLOCKDDown 3: Steady current's drawn tide awayTRADE WINDDDown 4: Conclude there's no leaving hellINFERDDown 5: Dealing with army officer, vocallyMARTIALDDown 6: Stuffing for tuna utilised for molluscsNAUTILIDDown 7: Sort out getting involved in attacking way traders make moneySHORT SELLINGDDown 10: Source of grievance in Greece and Spain: crippling German billsELGIN MARBLESDDown 15: Pity? It's lacking, whence Dracula's destructive urgePYROMANIADDown 17: U2 fans are so unrewardedPRO BONODDown 18: Character eating is oppressed by burning fondness for the creamELITISMDDown 19: It's coming to a point where a Liberal is propping up right-winger in chargeCONICALDDown 20: Troublemaker, one using trendy quotations?INCITERDDown 22: Fellow in Macbeth, say, ending on highETHAN