The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 2nd March 2016 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 2nd March 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Most of group left in care, causing local irritationCARBUNCLEAAcross 6: Get to eat out with head of firmFETCHAAcross 9: Advanced Guardian leader penned by a couple of journalistsEDGEDAAcross 10: Union engaged in similar outlandish adherence to formRITUALISMAAcross 11: Is rent scam their undoing?MISCREANTSAAcross 12: No pressure to maintain large part of boatKEELAAcross 14: Perish in passage, a nasty way to dieGAROTTEAAcross 15: Play part on cross in cathedral? That's rightEXACTLYAAcross 17: Good man churlishly giving up last dessertSTRUDELAAcross 19: Too frank, essentially: he didn't get a placeALSO-RANAAcross 20: Backward country's government relinquished controlREINAAcross 22: I lend an ear, desperate to get a boosterADRENALINEAAcross 25: Post Office admitting stolen figure's a facsimilePHOTOSTATAAcross 26: On reduction of toll, tenor went on a benderKNELTAAcross 27: Jerseys may be kept here, we're told, for customerBUYERAAcross 28: The Parisian stopping goals needs cunning all the timeENDLESSLYDDown 1: Terrific comic, not second bestCREAMDDown 2: Medic thrust end of stretcher into liftREGISTRARDDown 3: Subject to schoolwork, he may get the chance to go onUNDERSTUDYDDown 4: Air coming up through middle buttonhole, perhapsCORSAGEDDown 5: Informally christen unbeliever heading off round ThailandENTITLEDDown 6: KO said to cause fractureFLAWDDown 7: Ringer gets end of bell-rope in a tangleTWINEDDown 8: Like the Yeti greeting someone from further east?HIMALAYANDDown 13: Decrepit sheep has to hobbleRAMSHACKLEDDown 14: Elite eatery brought up posh wines in containerGASTROPUBDDown 16: Fish first to sink to the bottom after time delayTARDINESSDDown 18: Unorthodox young lady's announcement's in character, almostLADETTEDDown 19: Vigilante extremists blocking rum trade warded offAVERTEDDDown 21: Four lines written about ordinary 1 downIVORYDDown 23: Posh folk with no capital coming inENTRYDDown 24: Excursion to game taken upTOUR