The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 1st March 2013 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 1st March 2013. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Spooner's awful misty weather? Hearth's the place for one to beFIREDOGAAcross 5: Reveal peacekeepers wanting sudden improvement across societyUNBOSOMAAcross 9: Officer and ordinary soldiers locked in toiletCOMMODOREAAcross 10: Force back partner's head in danceREPELAAcross 11: Endless sweet cake is wrongTORTAAcross 12: What may produce bangs that could be supersonicPERCUSSIONAAcross 14: Sun has to be demeaning to women?SEXISTAAcross 15: Film in San Marino not so badRAINMANAAcross 16: Liberal held in derision, making one crossSALTIREAAcross 18: Party order — two articles delivered outsideAT HOMEAAcross 20: Where you may find shrubs pruned raggedly — just some!BACKGARDENAAcross 21: Weary one falling before end of walk — a long oneTREKAAcross 24: Compass shows north, needed in stormRANGEAAcross 25: Single island in setting that's not spoiltUNMARRIEDAAcross 26: Best man seen round back of hotel, drunkPICKLEDAAcross 27: Denies entrance into cosy home, when time has passedNEGATESDDown 1: This person did the work and put on a false show, we hearFECITDDown 2: Some err, wanting new direction — feeling this?REMORSEDDown 3: Give up work, when under the doctorDROPDDown 4: What to do for pre-match security? Look at the issuesGOOVERTHEGROUNDDDown 5: Crusade going wrong with surprising lameness — do they want to put the clock back?USEDCARSALESMENDDown 6: Vessels, any number, in bay for time of celebrationBURNSNIGHTDDown 7: Thus Greek character's beginning to make specious argumentSOPHISMDDown 8: Colouring matter — minute dash goes inMELANINDDown 13: Bed chamber?DIVING BELLDDown 16: Old boy has hesitation during drink — needing to do this?SOBER UPDDown 17: Lecturer, a figure in mathematics, brief and to the pointLACONICDDown 19: One could create max. stir, maybe?MARXISTDDown 22: Praise message of indifference to nation? The reverse!KUDOSDDown 23: Puff? Puff perhaps, when leglessDRAG