The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 26th March 2014 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 26th March 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Eccentric bathes in spirit!ABSINTHEAAcross 5: United said to be finished a while agoWELDEDAAcross 9: Small gardens here a little bit out of placeSKEW-WHIFFAAcross 9: Small gardens here a little bit out of placeSKEWWHIFFAAcross 11: Almost every other component follows past testsEXAMSAAcross 12: Rogue hurries along with cheap way to payHIRE-PURCHASEAAcross 15: It gets heated when weird group ousts leaderOVENAAcross 16: Killers hated working on the sideDEATH SQUADAAcross 18: Press invitation to meeting for young man after public imagePERSONALADAAcross 19: Chapter head in Pride and PrejudiceDEANAAcross 21: Privileged place freely available to card playersPUBLIC SCHOOLAAcross 24: Board agreement expressed in two languagesOUIJAAAcross 25: Points to lack of showy jewellery as dignifyingENNOBLINGAAcross 26: Dreads becoming even more unhappySADDERAAcross 27: Small character part for someone on the way upASCENDERDDown 1: Too much of pals to finish off with round of golfALSODDown 2: Hinder the continuity of one's main ancestral lineSTEMDDown 3: Could wine be drunk by new arrival?NEWBIEDDown 4: Emperor replaced his allies with easeHAILE SELASSIEDDown 6: Put in practice a duty involving Her MajestyEXERCISEDDown 7: She goes over the top to get role of TitaniaDRAMAQUEENDDown 8: Dances tend to be moved one further down the lineDESCENDANTDDown 10: Product mechanisms often in place in pubsFRUITMACHINESDDown 13: Pittance provided initially to get spies back can be laid on the tableSOUPSPOONSDDown 14: Pot reported to be advertised put up cheaplyJERRYBUILDDDown 17: Test one against a note promptMOTIVATEDDown 20: Spitting Image repeatDOUBLEDDown 22: Said to have passed time in the jungle, perhapsWILDDDown 23: A garden not a place where one might study a culture mediumAGAR