The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 24th March 2015 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 24th March 2015. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Fling with hunk is wild fantasyWISHFUL THINKINGAAcross 9: It interrupts humming noises around bit of earSTIRRUPAAcross 10: Drop enthralling pretence — some can't tolerate itLACTOSEAAcross 11: Length of suffering in EastEndersELLAAcross 12: Soldier secretes data about secret affairsPRIVATELIFEAAcross 13: Troops hard to move — they've no backboneARTHROPODSAAcross 15: Dope employed by ministry of external affairs?INFOAAcross 18: Tax officeDUTYAAcross 20: Guardian's reputation protected in explosive eventTOURNAMENTAAcross 23: Curse hum during a big road raceABOMINATIONAAcross 25: Mischief-maker in German football team?ELFAAcross 26: Composer's voguish impromptu's beginning after gongBELLINIAAcross 27: Addicts holding party, with old lady in a stateALABAMAAAcross 28: Game and stunt, ie a loser gets shotRUSSIAN ROULETTEDDown 1: Cut up empty truce, ultimately null and voidWASTELANDDDown 2: Butcher divides stock in cooking vesselSKILLETDDown 3: Van given warning to leaveFOREPARTDDown 4: Feature seemingly holy renaissance artistLIPPIDDown 5: National President meets kingHOLLANDERDDown 6: Cracking clue in fundamental partsNUCLEIDDown 7: A Welshman, a Scotsman and an AfricanIVORIANDDown 8: Aquatic bird I see leaving frozen mass, going northGREBEDDown 14: Test elastic bra and top on one runningPROBATIONDDown 16: Old fruit beneath Bullingdon club member getting end away?OUT-OF-DATEDDown 17: Drops not out, with Nadal covering linesRAINFALLDDown 19: Trojan's raging lust around foreign kingTROILUSDDown 21: Well fed grain — it's evenly cultivatedELEGANTDDown 22: Runs car round one Italian resortRIMINIDDown 23: 50% reduction on foam rubber that's light in the middleAMBERDDown 24: Idealised notion kept up by monogamistsIMAGO