The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 25th March 2020 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 25th March 2020. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Fake spirit — rubbish, so returnedIMPOSTORAAcross 9: Cold as a bouncer? That's a bit roughCHOPPYAAcross 10: Co-operate with Brand, say, and dancePLAYAAcross 11: Rabbit's old small home not about to be put on tipCOTTONTAILAAcross 12: Scuttle made from small dishSCURRYAAcross 14: One who's resigned at last — if sacked?FATALISTAAcross 15: Label from opening of stopwatch?STICKERAAcross 17: See another way to protect cutting — put in the shadeECLIPSEAAcross 20: Relentless Danube flows over a treetopUNABATEDAAcross 22: Hard to get into run-down boatDINGHYAAcross 23: Player paid journalist to admit pamphlet's overlongPROTRACTEDAAcross 24: See 10BALLAAcross 25: Creep abandons heroin chic, being nobleHEROICAAcross 26: Butcher's ex-partner disposes of veal finallyONCE-OVERDDown 1: Understood there are no bounds to simplicityIMPLICITDDown 2: Stiff wind is a serious setbackBODYDDown 3: The blue bed turned up inside squatSTOCKYDDown 4: $1,000 seal, pleaseGRATIFYDDown 5: Working actor's introductions to Independent's crossword puzzleACROSTICDDown 6: Drunken sot in passenger seat, traditional victim of a lightning strike?POSTILLIONDDown 7: Light science work by jerksOPTICSDDown 13: Music genre behind NadirROCK-BOTTOMDDown 16: Transport lobby?ENTRANCEDDown 18: Great poet's school gets worseSCHILLERDDown 19: With leader gone, political and social agitation is an issueEDITIONDDown 21: Newton and Drake, sadly, were annoyingNARKEDDDown 22: French from over Channel take offDEDUCTDDown 24: See 2BLOW