The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 6th March 2019 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 6th March 2019. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Tried to get a bite, admitting mum's flipping hungryFAMISHEDAAcross 5: Contrary host carrying too much finds something to sit onBOTTOMAAcross 9: One way to prepare food, cold, stopping on the wayENCROUTEAAcross 10: Fruit, 75 penceworth regularly nicked?QUINCEAAcross 12: Race official in modest accommodationSTARTERHOMEAAcross 15: Uranium and hydrogen extracted from river waterURINEAAcross 17: Interpreter can't head off before returning registerANNOTATORAAcross 18: Iberian leader repelled in a former German duchyFRANCONIAAAcross 19: Retired doctor aboard express delivers quadsYARDSAAcross 20: American capital seen as May's speciality?SPRINGFIELDAAcross 24: A loose relationAUNTIEAAcross 25: Old Inuit set adrift, weakeningDILUTIONAAcross 26: With difficulty drew Rocky, using the other handLUGGEDAAcross 27: Malodorous emission from sheep tucking into mowed grassSEWER GASDDown 1: Thugs said to support charges, around 500 for fodder etcFEEDSTUFFSDDown 2: Michael Caine set off (ie fired) automaticMECHANICALDDown 3: Partners playing on public grassSNOUTDDown 4: Internet era's original hosts?ENTERTAINERSDDown 6: Like the overendowed tup, lonely when doctoredOPULENTLYDDown 7: Nurse often demanding sampleTENDDDown 8: Submissive maiden: 'You're scaring me'MEEKDDown 11: Increase area within ski slope, maybe?MOUNTAINSIDEDDown 13: Contents of oven fed to bird, a malnourished oneSTARVELINGDDown 14: Leaders here keeping identity secret, initiallyPRESIDENTSDDown 16: Immoderate vices enlivened with sex close to bedtimeEXCESSIVEDDown 21: Instrument showing temperature inside pipeFLUTEDDown 22: Part of building with everything?WALLDDown 23: Positioned comfortably, arms raisedSNUG