The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 16th March 2016

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 16th March 2016. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 7:	Female character of enduring quality?	MANOFIRON
AAcross 8:	Smears Bond's car, apparently hiding gold
AAcross 9:	Connery etc in 16 3: a media scandal, correct?
AAcross 10:	Find fault in code of foreign spy's gadget
AAcross 12:	One sells Soviet paintings to the West
AAcross 13:	Factions blowing up agent receive a reward in full	GROSSPAY
AAcross 14:	Pussy Galore's first in movement to erase holy water source
AAcross 17:	Stripped for king — was lustful as cover?
AAcross 20:	Provide base, where entry of new leader would provide emphasis
AAcross 22:	Free thinker on perverse activity embraced by Bond girl in 16 3	JSMILL
AAcross 24:	Find courage, with girl in distress caused by evil genius
AAcross 25:	Wave hits Bond's head in submerged vessel for future generations
AAcross 26:	Bond in sight of gun — it explodes
AAcross 27:	He gets a free lunch, old Bob taking credit: later to arrive, having no starter
DDown 1:	Boatman elevated above Russian authority in report on market
DDown 2:	See 18	YOUTODIE
DDown 3:	See 24
DDown 4:	How crimes are committed: special agent in series of pictures
DDown 5:	Weapons of choice for 24 16 3 and not their first, stolen from bombed arsenals
DDown 6:	Implacable Bond, with one outer failing on the surface
DDown 11:	Who broke Oddjob?
DDown 15:	Evil genius captures one confident of success
DDown 16:	See 24
DDown 18:	Evil genius talking up exit, with doomed Connery obit in doubt	NOMRBOND
DDown 19:	See 18	IEXPECT
DDown 21:	It's not right to pry into perverse sex lives
DDown 22:	Oddjob: without hesitation, a rat-like creature
DDown 23:	One wants to find good inside Mr Solo