The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 23rd March 2016 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 23rd March 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Foxy lady's top in reflected light, invisible before longVULPINEAAcross 5: Seduced compiler to be indecent, somehowENTICEDAAcross 9: Relish looking back at an early stageLAP UPAAcross 10: A university dropout to teach unique methodTECHNIQUEAAcross 11: Low bridges across central development in the cityMONTE CARLOAAcross 12: Sound content to reverse some of the corruptionPURRAAcross 14: Hawkish marine, left motherless after accident, has another depressionACCIPITRINEAAcross 18: Getting clear one that's charged is to be held insideACQUISITIONAAcross 21: Like the villain of the piece (and the other way round)EVILAAcross 22: Actor is subject to scrutinyUNDERSTUDYAAcross 25: The IRA tied the ends off at the end of the monthTHIRTIETHAAcross 26: Sheepish one to accept tiny position?OVINEAAcross 27: The alternative to bury compiler back in boxCREMATEAAcross 28: Is youngster able to eat here?CANTEENDDown 1: Size of knobVOLUMEDDown 2: Like a wolf bearing a flower on topLUPINEDDown 3: Agent and compiler's for acquiring eastern garbIMPRESARIODDown 4: More old paintings put upEXTRADDown 5: Raise it with signal about playground treesEUCALYPTIDDown 6: Regularly strip — topless any minuteTINYDDown 7: "Entrée de Chanel 20", as they might say in ParisCOQ AU VINDDown 8: More forlorn, darling? That's right — that's about rightDREARIERDDown 13: Wears feathers and leaves the witness boxSTANDSDOWNDDown 15: Elect representation to enshrine a legal right for customersCLIENTELEDDown 16: Grandmother having fun at 99MAJESTICDDown 17: Hooked with 24 resulting in equalisationAQUILINEDDown 19: Mousy brown hair you see Armani team finally modelledMURINEDDown 20: Externally, woman — internally, very furious dragonWYVERNDDown 23: The principle of sauce thickeningETHICDDown 24: St Thomas regularly seen in a place of philosophical discourseSTOA