The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 21st March 2014 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 21st March 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: No good making a mess of sweet foodMUFFINAAcross 4: Old Testament sermoniser who's with his God?ELIJAHAAcross 9: Open government Australia's brought backAJARAAcross 10: Initiator of frenzy — maniac's maddened with itFANATICISMAAcross 11: Go without drug twice! Is it pot?TUREENAAcross 12: Steady with the yoga — one's in a funny positionGOEASYONAAcross 13: 10, say, has fresh airSEASHANTYAAcross 15: Tramp — one missing current English kingTREKAAcross 16: Minnow from Conservative HQCHUBAAcross 17: I steer powerboat around Britain's old Scottish groundIBROXPARKAAcross 21: Romantic figures given increasingly sober, splendid clothesAMORETTIAAcross 22: Like the rural upper classes getting back in hunt — pathetic!TWEEDYAAcross 24: Footballer in redLEFT-WINGERAAcross 25: Clap, maybe, when welcoming university's bossSTUDAAcross 26: Queen single's piercing beat is something that really gets into your head!TREPANAAcross 27: One's played head of police in crime filmSPINETDDown 1: See 2MAJEUREDDown 2: Legal exemption from fee juror came to settleFORCEDDown 3: Trendy pop for European royaltyINFANTADDown 5: What could bore reading Twitter!LATHERDDown 6: Athlete's bits held up by this?JOCKSTRAPDDown 7: Having pawned donkey, get cushion?HASSOCKDDown 8: In central London, stop men going on the gameKNIGHTSBRIDGEDDown 14: Bit of cash gambler finally raised for flirty girlSOUBRETTEDDown 16: Least macho punters here on trialCAMPESTDDown 18: Unacceptable prune's hard, protruding partOUTCROPDDown 19: Soldiers question the protection they haveREDOUBTDDown 20: America, burning, cheers up invaderATTILADDown 23: Two characters, both Poles, in European cityESSEN