The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 3rd March 2017 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 3rd March 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Speculators added to Harry's recurrent worriesBUGBEARSAAcross 5: Odd cat in auditorium causing a stirRUMPUSAAcross 9: Hazard in mine dismissed by a politicianFIREDAMPAAcross 10: Successful footballer who's made an impression?SCORERAAcross 12: Hollande's here — the Queen becomes less cordialICIERAAcross 13: Constant or fading corvine cry?NEVERMOREAAcross 14: Service requirement to study text no one recalledCONSCRIPTIONAAcross 18: Trivial innocent quest arranged, time being shortINCONSEQUENTAAcross 21: Detached view, previously one held by theologianDISTANCEDAAcross 23: A Lloyd Webber's partner for a short whileTRICEAAcross 24: A lack of facilities set back Glastonbury, some sayAVALONAAcross 25: Vulgar Latin for "pump"INFLATORAAcross 26: Favourite place for cruisers focussed on one subjectTHEMEDAAcross 27: Worker adopts formal attire, with star in the offingADJACENTDDown 1: Ditch keeping away researcherBOFFINDDown 2: Furry pet rabbit regularly feeds on getting upGERBILDDown 3: Cover, of one colour that is, turned blueEIDERDOWNDDown 4: Criminal in crime scene harking backREMINISCENCEDDown 6: Complaint from northbound hermit lacking solitude on vacationULCERDDown 7: Occasional inverted commas primarily seen after full stopPERIODICDDown 8: Soldier drove without changing gearSERGEANTDDown 11: Weighed down, like singer with too many choruses?OVERBURDENEDDDown 15: King Cole tucking into rice dish might enjoy this, postprandiallyPANATELLADDown 16: Film blocked by agreement distributed in errorMISDEALTDDown 17: A must for winter sport site — cake supply!ICE SKATEDDown 19: Resistance by union blocking struggle for excellenceVIRTUEDDown 20: Alter reference, holding up investigatorFERRETDDown 22: Terminal work of a poet?ANODE