The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 12th March 2014 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 12th March 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Down with the exploit — better half's not mine!FEATHERSAAcross 5: Greek island has a snack, three-way designSAMOSAAAcross 9: With hat turned round, girls show they let us chooseDILEMMASAAcross 10: Reluctant breeders turn to gloomy snoozePANDASAAcross 11: Too soon to swallow half of greasy brewEARLGREYAAcross 12: Doctor erects what should be known to fewSECRETAAcross 14: House plant meant dull respectabilityASPIDISTRAAAcross 18: Miss end of week, an office slave like me?GIRL FRIDAYAAcross 22: A king splits tights, rough when he has his sayHOARSEAAcross 23: A legal right put down and put awayALIENATEAAcross 24: Britain of old: "no bail out" formed its basisALBIONAAcross 25: Darlings so small, when seen in porcine placesSWEETIESAAcross 26: Outlandish hat he's shown and dress for dameSHEATHAAcross 27: I refute hugging a bird called what's-her-nameIDENTITYDDown 1: Scarce gifted, I twitch body, leg or armFIDGETDDown 2: Both tall and pure, both can't begin to charmALLUREDDown 3: Respect a house that hides a head of gnomesHOMAGEDDown 4: Lecturers cool, so we like tales or tomesREADERSHIPDDown 6: Learned from a rebel, topping endless mice?ACADEMICDDown 7: Out getting bread mix, deaf to all adviceOBDURATEDDown 8: Sat I held fast by boy, but I might biteALSATIANDDown 13: Stopped keeping pale, just like a wrong put right?DISALLOWEDDDown 15: Small breakfast nuts for those of brainbox breedEGGHEADSDDown 16: "Peer wants lamb stewed" — words you may skip or readPREAMBLEDDown 17: I'm not on fire: the creeping runner said itOFFSHOOTDDown 19: A college boss who holds me in discreditDEMEANDDown 20: These sandwiches may make you twist in painPANINIDDown 21: New US state suggests a cattle strainJERSEY