The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 24th March 2016 There are 13 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 24th March 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 5: Senior politician, disaster now with him after balls-up?SHADOWAAcross 6: Author writing stuff about Swiss canton in war — God he's extraordinary!GEORGEAAcross 9: Duty I had to enter Fleet, say, as hired capitalist?LONDONAAcross 10: Check hinge drops from aboveRESTRAINAAcross 11: March, some springtide monthDEMOAAcross 12: One in the printing trade yet to be embarrassed about page on the Sun?TYPESETTERAAcross 13: See 6BERNARDSHAWAAcross 18: Pictures of a painfully seductive nature in flierSAND MARTINAAcross 21: See 9TAXIAAcross 22: See 5MINISTERAAcross 23: Human right to treasure little timeMORTALAAcross 24: Bound to fill shot with itTRENDYAAcross 25: That's used for identifying theme song, perhaps?SERIALDDown 1: Big is beautifulHANDSOMEDDown 2: Issue clear in the Bard's workSONNETDDown 3: After an upset, bug gripping relative enduresPERSISTSDDown 4: Case of disrepair right to bring up — that's decayDRY-ROTDDown 5: Scum in bathroom unitSHOWERDDown 7: Breaking the name of the resigned Labour leadership, it changedEDITEDDDown 8: Draft list to knock up in hunting targetPREPARATORYDDown 14: A little current news not half fitting I would speculate, ultimatelyNEAP TIDEDDown 15: A substance injected perhaps, one shooting up?ASTEROIDDDown 16: Red film screens all orange, initiallyMAOISTDDown 17: Brush skimmed off something in the soupOXTAILDDown 19: See 9DRIVERDDown 20: See 25NUMBER