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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..

The Answers

Number# Clue Answer
AAcross 1: Going to store outside of Everton for baking ingredient
AAcross 6: Bread gets left inside jar
AAcross 9: Vacuous geezer, a twit or dope
AAcross 10: Joke without malice but with some bite
AAcross 11: Boy to betray embarrassment, holding another boy's hand
AAcross 12: Buzzing used to be on the radio
AAcross 14: They say who's written Times columns
AAcross 15: Enduring stick, going through high seas
AAcross 17: Run in running pump? Not in the main
AAcross 19: Poster plugging good show is boasting
AAcross 20: It's put on eggs bishop's eaten
AAcross 22: Preferring to be in hot seat — and may need grilling
AAcross 25: Spin from ex-PM about dissolute man back in office
AAcross 26: Artist's dry, taking off coatHIRST
AAcross 27: Long time before noon
AAcross 28: Play down bribe with newspaper in dodgy deal
DDown 1: Bear with totally heartless employer? One gets fired
DDown 2: Foolish god offered up lily-like flower
DDown 3: Some of capital loans tend, unfortunately, to secure nothingEASTLONDON
DDown 4: Spikes drink, with Sprites passed round
DDown 5: Modern musician's anxiety broaching grand finale in opera
DDown 6: Fanatic — he willingly boxes champ
DDown 7: What may be dropped in 3 with a feeling of irritation
DDown 8: We're told stable food recipe — covered in sauce, it's magic!HEYPRESTO
DDown 13: A number of workers with joint occupation
DDown 14: Criminal charge extremely heavy after one's put in can for life
DDown 16: With hair receding, this paper's boss is in love
DDown 18: Tsetse flies around, covering capital of African lands
DDown 19: Part of Laurel and Hardy not hard to find in a fable that's silly
DDown 21: Northerly Polish mother country, as was
DDown 23: Past tax cut gets acclaim
DDown 24: Bankrupt's lamenting having wasted £1,000
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