The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 8th March 2016 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 8th March 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Going to store outside of Everton for baking ingredientLEAVENINGAAcross 6: Bread gets left inside jarCLASHAAcross 9: Vacuous geezer, a twit or dopeGRASSAAcross 10: Joke without malice but with some bitePUNGENTLYAAcross 11: Boy to betray embarrassment, holding another boy's handROYAL FLUSHAAcross 12: Buzzing used to be on the radioWHIRAAcross 14: They say who's written Times columnsBYLINESAAcross 15: Enduring stick, going through high seasAGELESSAAcross 17: Run in running pump? Not in the mainONSHOREAAcross 19: Poster plugging good show is boastingBRAVADOAAcross 20: It's put on eggs bishop's eatenROBEAAcross 22: Preferring to be in hot seat — and may need grillingSTAY-AT-HOMEAAcross 25: Spin from ex-PM about dissolute man back in officePIROUETTEAAcross 26: Artist's dry, taking off coatHIRSTAAcross 27: Long time before noonYEARNAAcross 28: Play down bribe with newspaper in dodgy dealSOFT-PEDALDDown 1: Bear with totally heartless employer? One gets firedLUGERDDown 2: Foolish god offered up lily-like flowerAMARYLLISDDown 3: Some of capital loans tend, unfortunately, to secure nothingEASTLONDONDDown 4: Spikes drink, with Sprites passed roundIMPALESDDown 5: Modern musician's anxiety broaching grand finale in operaGANGSTADDown 6: Fanatic — he willingly boxes champCHEWDDown 7: What may be dropped in 3 with a feeling of irritationAITCHDDown 8: We're told stable food recipe — covered in sauce, it's magic!HEYPRESTODDown 13: A number of workers with joint occupationTENANTSHIPDDown 14: Criminal charge extremely heavy after one's put in can for lifeBIOGRAPHYDDown 16: With hair receding, this paper's boss is in loveENAMOUREDDDown 18: Tsetse flies around, covering capital of African landsESTATESDDown 19: Part of Laurel and Hardy not hard to find in a fable that's sillyBAY LEAFDDown 21: Northerly Polish mother country, as wasBURMADDown 23: Past tax cut gets acclaimEXTOLDDown 24: Bankrupt's lamenting having wasted £1,000RUIN