The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 25th March 2016 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 25th March 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Big noise, name to let down bank terriblyDIRELYAAcross 4: Crustacean, a sort to swim alongside fishOSTRACODAAcross 9: Print union leader, not fit for purpose, making a pointFOCUSAAcross 10: Warrior is retreating, say, having got very hotSIEGFRIEDAAcross 11: Scripture I had translated, having received sponsorship?ADI GRANTHAAcross 12: British in control, making money abroadRUBLEAAcross 13: Like comic Hilda's female actCHILDBEARINGAAcross 17: A malleable woman, someone contemptible half the timeASOFTENASNOTAAcross 20: Firefighter once given a challenge over the phoneADAIRAAcross 21: What's up with Pasquale and his like? They engender vexation!UPSETTERSAAcross 23: Bothered about certain notes, becoming hystericalDELIRIOUSAAcross 24: Formal gathering around a kingPRIAMAAcross 25: Flighty type to get going when faced with sign of dangerREDSTARTAAcross 26: The fellow caught leaving Liverpool club for a watering holeTAVERNDDown 1: Challenging attitude of French fellow who's given a ring?DEFIANCEDDown 2: Artist is protecting child from children's diseaseRACHITISDDown 3: Plant that generates intense beamLASERDDown 5: Mary was one of them — she repeatedly pressed for changeSHEPHERDESSESDDown 6: Polls about to close with awful fear aroundREFERENDADDown 7: Cold legs? They could pose problems for mountaineersCLIMBSDDown 8: Start to dance with stranger and totterDODDERDDown 10: Serious home, fun out of order? One must be lackingSENSE OF HUMOURDDown 14: Soldier, wounded finally, retreats in disarrayDESERT RATDDown 15: A night informally includes some Parisian rockANDESITEDDown 16: Zealous apostle penning a choral songSTASIMONDDown 18: Parachutist maybe in battle region, not the first or lastLANDERDDown 19: Shouted, sounding like one with hair torn out completelyBAWLEDDDown 22: Bark coming from whippet, apparentlyTAPPA