The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 18th March 2015 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 18th March 2015. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Muse as priest struggling with JobTERPSICHOREAAcross 9: Opener of window used in plunder into saloon?CROWBARAAcross 10: Bereaved man gets fatter without old wifeWIDOWERAAcross 11: Men returning by vehicle check revealed to be most sturdyROBUSTESTAAcross 12: Tragic king losing energy gets to die slowlyLARGOAAcross 13: To be paid pounds for a fightDUELAAcross 14: The car to me is mysterious — this is just one instrumentTACHOMETERAAcross 16: Mineral lets delicate little person keep healthySPHALERITEAAcross 19: Light supportBEAMAAcross 21: One trapped in car in water inletFIORDAAcross 22: An academic, university lecturer at institute held in high regardADULATIONAAcross 24: Effeminate English subject, terribly nice being drunkEPICENEAAcross 25: More distant relation, first in reunion to be huggedFARTHERAAcross 26: Disappeared, as ET had done onceGONETOEARTHDDown 1: Wounded marksman may have this process to resolve problemTROUBLESHOOTINGDDown 2: Puzzle can be hell without a starting pointREBUSDDown 3: Bird coming from mire swimming in salt waterSERIEMADDown 4: Plant one of the others in the coven?COWITCHDDown 5: Sheep beginning to go down, feeble — there may still be affection for suchOLDFLAMEDDown 6: Somehow with regret he'd had to relinquish "'R"EDWARDTHEEIGHTHDDown 7: Injured soldier finally escaping with no desire to fight?SCAREDDDown 8: Enthusiasm not so easy without leader, you'd say?ARDOURDDown 15: BBC boss spotted in adult performing clubBLUDGEONDDown 16: Temper evident in little son time and againSOFTENDDown 17: Chemical engineers needing time with conservationistsREAGENTDDown 18: Sweet as source of tummy upsetTRUFFLEDDown 20: Foreign character covered in horse muckMANUREDDown 23: More beautiful female sent out to provide help in laundryAIRER