The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 22nd March 2012 There are 14 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 22nd March 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: Boatman gets his first crop on the wagonBOATSWAINAAcross 8: Content of grass crop very quietly taken insideHAPPYAAcross 9: They get special credit for first alms distributedFILMSTARSAAcross 10: Inferior crop blossomsLOWERAAcross 12: Money makes a mockery of the lawWEALTHAAcross 13: Spilt bran on back of wagon, where you might bring crops at harvestBARNYARDAAcross 16: Change of crop due to yieldPRODUCEAAcross 19: Crop circles in middle of field of pigsPORCINEAAcross 22: Below ground, crop circles are in better conditionBEETROOTAAcross 25: Fruit of love, dispelling angerORANGEAAcross 27: Plug for TV's On the WagonSCARTAAcross 28: Celestial lunar cycle they incorporatedUNEARTHLYAAcross 29: Fruit cropPRUNEAAcross 30: Press to give new line about bird taking in the Head of NewsRETURN KEYDDown 1: Some say pigs crop up to finish cakePOLICEDDown 2: Came a cropper in slum: debt is a problemSTUMBLEDDDown 3: Change of cropSWITCHDDown 4: Shed covering mess of debris — nothing in itDISROBEDDown 5: Beetle, perhaps, or bird eats cropJALOPYDDown 6: A start at picking fruit crop upAPPEARDDown 11: So Boatman's absorbed, reading?ERGODDown 14: Tropical cuckoo found in Africa originally, then part of the UKANIDDown 15: Do you report directly?DUEDDown 16: Bar removal of saint's bone from country without royal authorityPUBDDown 17: Oh, whatever they say to be in agreement!ONEDDown 18: Harvest incomplete: head of wheat taken by birdCROWDDown 20: Discussing drink, on the wagon, in Bag EndCHATTINGDDown 21: Pig eats its last trifleSTINKERDDown 23: A lot of men take what's left of the fruit againENCOREDDown 24: Going up north, roughly 1,000 — a lot of peopleTHRONGDDown 25: Dense crop — a question of where to lookOPAQUEDDown 26: Bird starts to eat the cropGULLET