The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 23rd March 2010

There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 23rd March 2010. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Should formation include leading player who defends?
AAcross 5:	Broken and heading for madness, leading player loses Donadoni's backing
AAcross 10:	Spooner's heavy step to throw match here?
AAcross 11:	"Beautiful game" quoted by leading journalist, referring to Beckham, usually on top
AAcross 12:	Miserable outside right is horny beast
AAcross 13:	Attack on goal at end of game — it's caught by photographer
AAcross 14:	Home matches spoken of by backers
AAcross 16:	Boatman! Gerbil-eating outrage!
AAcross 17:	Defeat seen on television by right back
AAcross 19:	See 10	BALLPITCH
AAcross 23:	Eye-shadow, rouge and bleached in tips and roots
AAcross 24:	Heavy-footed steps, public transport an afterthought
AAcross 26:	Two out of fourteen of Boatman's fixture hopes at first …
AAcross 27:	… hosted by other means after Cantona finishes
AAcross 28:	"Surveying for First Great Eastern lines," Yeats begins
AAcross 29:	They're not paid to report one after the other
DDown 2:	Perhaps they favour love among convent's staff
DDown 3:	See 25	OFTWO
DDown 4:	Outside left to cross over to divert shot
DDown 6:	Block opening attack, then lash out and start riot
DDown 7:	Shifting, sliding as slippery semibreves
DDown 8:	Derby's No. 2 confirmed over alternative midfield? Not a pretty sight
DDown 9:	Disquisitions degenerate into disasters
DDown 15:	Scored vital goal in match? Offside!
DDown 18:	A lot of men have little weight to speak of
DDown 20:	Cotton on cloth (an alteration)
DDown 21:	Leading player, coked-out, missing from action-packed game
DDown 22:	See 25
DDown 25:	Fool gave West Ham a daft epithet	AGAME