The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 8th March 2018 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 8th March 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Socialist supporter securing a British isleFABIANAAcross 4: Good person keeps longing for containerSACHETAAcross 9: Landlady's armyHOSTAAcross 10: Mineral cup — one dropped by academic before end of ceremonyCHALCEDONYAAcross 11: Look hard, taking in 5, and go hungrySTARVEAAcross 12: "Drug arrest" in dog Latin?CANNABISAAcross 13: Litigant's unsophisticated argumentPLAINTIFFAAcross 15: Plant nothing in drinkALOEAAcross 16: Reliable sort of musicROCKAAcross 17: Mark with sorrow, keeping Catholic back from crop protectorSCARECROWAAcross 21: Church painter, perhaps, or reformerCHARTISTAAcross 22: Have words with motorist of sorts, catching coldBICKERAAcross 24: Stupid stories about journalist's headmasterDUMBLEDOREAAcross 25: Capital of 15, mostly, getting turban adjustedULANAAcross 26: Things discharged from cortege, startlinglyEGESTAAAcross 27: Sound of instrument gives signSYMBOLDDown 1: Concerning anterior part of flat iron dropping one offFRONTALDDown 2: See 25BATORDDown 3: Old emmet's nice mess absorbedANCIENTDDown 5: A headless whale keeping a number of secretsARCANADDown 6: Chair duly arranged to be driven by liquidHYDRAULICDDown 7: Part of roof covering spaces that may be stretchedTENSILEDDown 8: Hardening Muslim leader receiving 100 — one hundred — a hundred divided by oneCALCIFICATIONDDown 14: Cop for fit that's beyond remedyINCURABLEDDown 16: Find new home for ambassador held up by wakeREHOUSEDDown 18: Tough composer endlessly set in stoneRUBBERYDDown 19: Supreme generalOVERALLDDown 20: Strip joints given timeDIVESTDDown 23: Drink, in the old days, uplifted cartoonistCRUMB