The Guardian Quick Answers - Saturday, 8th March 2003 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quick crossword on Saturday, 8th March 2003. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quick AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Absence of fameOBSCURITYAAcross 8: Via the mouthORALAAcross 9: Attributing (to) - giving credit (to)ASCRIBINGAAcross 10: Quick cut - something easily doneSNIPAAcross 13: What's written on in the classroomBLACKAAcross 15: Someone stern and inflexible - it was used with a musketRAMRODAAcross 16: What follows onSEQUELAAcross 17: Persons on the slopesSKIERSAAcross 19: Permanent covering of mountain or PoleICE CAPAAcross 19: Permanent covering of mountain or PoleICECAPAAcross 20: The end - after 13 across, the plagueDEATHAAcross 21: Platform for the speakersDAISAAcross 24: InsignificantSMALL-TIMEAAcross 24: InsignificantSMALLTIMEAAcross 25: GumptionNOUSAAcross 26: Places for light mealsSNACKBARSDDown 2: Low, woody plantBUSHDDown 3: Treat - French parish priestCUREDDown 4: Funny, but not niceRIBALDDDown 5: Military jacketsTUNICSDDown 6: Articulate - judgePRONOUNCEDDown 7: Casual sandalsFLIPFLOPSDDown 11: 2's official titlePRESIDENTDDown 12: Bold - pushyAMBITIOUSDDown 13: See 13 acrossBOARDDDown 14: Two-masted vesselKETCHDDown 18: Reproving speech (delivered on the Mount?)SERMONDDown 19: Sloping typefaceITALICDDown 22: Fag endSTUBDDown 23: Muslim rulerEMIR