The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 3rd March 2014 There are 17 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 3rd March 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: A helpful shipping line?TOWROPEAAcross 5: Aggressive action taken by those insultedOFFENCEAAcross 10: A mother and father to allADAMAAcross 11: Some turned out greatTREMENDOUSAAcross 12: Pluck shown in American kidnappingSNATCHAAcross 13: When to have a drink and eat?TEA BREAKAAcross 14: Where to find a paid informer?CLASSROOMAAcross 16: They're up for the celebrationKNEESAAcross 17: Mountains in some volumeATLASAAcross 19: Blockhead! Our little boy is in the middle classBOURGEOISAAcross 23: Is it operated by the ring finger?BELL PUSHAAcross 23: Is it operated by the ring finger?BELLPUSHAAcross 24: Motorway place settingMILIEUAAcross 26: Sailor on an oil rig turning nativeABORIGINALAAcross 27: They may be nibbled or boltedNUTSAAcross 28: Hawaiian offering certainly enjoyed by holidaymakersLEISUREAAcross 29: Roguish manner to make an entranceARCHWAYDDown 2: No cardinal has spoken about the noiseORDINALDDown 3: Put off mounting watchREMITDDown 4: Vessel without stabilisers?PITCHERDDown 6: Describing an unborn baby of late developmentFOETALDDown 7: Continuing power of the Creed, a nun found outENDURANCEDDown 8: Bottle company prompt, coming about middayCOURAGEDDown 9: An almost negligible amount, like one in tenNEXTTONOTHINGDDown 15: Weapons that don't reach very far?SMALLARMSDDown 18: Shudder at music's opening in a high pitched voiceTREMBLEDDown 20: Rose and disconnected speakerRAMBLERDDown 21: Strangely, I earn it in doing nothingINERTIADDown 22: Sounds like a tugboat, but isn'tLUGGERDDown 25: Such law implies a suspended sentenceLYNCH