The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 29th March 2013 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 29th March 2013. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Artist, not a playwrightPAINTERAAcross 5: The Guardian's into rejecting obscenity — which may be malignantTUMOURSAAcross 9: Second tea or coffeeMOCHAAAcross 10: Wickedness ends daily activityDEADLY SINAAcross 11: Small bankers in a big way?GNOMESOFZURICHAAcross 13: Colours show poet losing heartHUESAAcross 14: Friends' hearty gestureBACKSLAPAAcross 17: Diet in uncivilised times?ROUGHAGEAAcross 18: Tool increases soundADZEAAcross 21: Wrought iron, hot with reason like study of 19s, sayORNITHOLOGICALAAcross 23: Blairist many construed as concerned with raceTRIBALISMAAcross 24: Esau, without hesitation from him, got pottageBROTHAAcross 25: Writer lost plot with trifleTOLSTOYAAcross 26: It's more the difficult matter to be provedTHEOREMDDown 1: Pander to sanctimonious politicianPIMPDDown 2: One quits in clean fashion, which is futileINCONSEQUENTIALDDown 3: Wound up a character with skillTRAUMADDown 4: Vegetable is hard to cultivateRADISHDDown 5: Linaria, a reptile strong and flabbyTOADFLAXDDown 6: Creatures lacking backbone — hoods' women catch American kingMOLLUSKSDDown 7: Party lacking competence?UNSKILLEDLABOURDDown 8: Seaside jumper spender also wearsSAND HOPPERDDown 8: Seaside jumper spender also wearsSANDHOPPERDDown 12: The pest keeps the greatest number to a marked degreeTHERMOSTATDDown 15: Oddly, I want the termiteWHITE ANTDDown 16: No gin — my one failing, a disgraceIGNOMINYDDown 19: Repeated annual check gets the birdMOTMOTDDown 20: Sound wood of sound qualityTIMBREDDown 22: Pretence of British-American relationship?SHAM