The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 29th March 2024 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 29th March 2024. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: Floater __ on English riverBLANKETAAcross 8: See 12BOATMANAAcross 9: 4 fastening loopFROGAAcross 10: Combatants in dialogue with setter inspired by extreme characters in sermonSWORDSMENAAcross 12: Organic matter covering reptile in pale 4WATERAAcross 13: Agree with token killing?COINCIDEAAcross 15: See 7WEEDAAcross 16: Daughter prods not entirely fragrant plantSWEDEAAcross 17: Imperfection in headless lizardKINKAAcross 18: Glaring relative in residenceFLAGRANTAAcross 20: School truant in Everton, thus left sideVERSOAAcross 21: Concise digit, secureTHUMBNAILAAcross 22: Napoleon’s vital fluid pipedSANGAAcross 24: 4 bit staffTADPOLEAAcross 25: The dope under ground?LOW-DOWNAAcross 25: The dope under ground?LOWDOWNDDown 1: Slight sucking noise curtailedSLURDDown 2: Honoured king broken, he had to admit defeat finallyKNIGHTEDDDown 3: Some athlete, a seriously tough oneTEASERDDown 4: 7 15 for example, scumPONDLIFEDDown 5: Puss I caught after a minuteATOMICDDown 6: Make between 17 and 23 for main commander, reportedly?EARNDDown 11: Lights initially extinguished, music perhaps turned up for its performers?ORCHESTRADDown 12: Turner Prize ultimately buried in endless seafoodWHEELDDown 14: Pass on painting that’s cut upDUNNODDown 16: Strap adjusted, wonky table heldSEAT BELTDDown 16: Strap adjusted, wonky table heldSEATBELTDDown 17: Out of its tree, seek bird that’s observed by the roadKERBSIDEDDown 19: Diminutive character good, the other half the size?GRUMPYDDown 20: Car tax mostly unnecessary for 4VOLVOXDDown 21: 4 lugged through one’s lugholes?TOADDDown 23: 4 wife evidently caught?NEWT