The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 14th March 2019 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 14th March 2019. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Sleeping on the streets in support of aristocratOUTFORTHECOUNTAAcross 8: Worm's bit of good luckFLUKEAAcross 9: Delighted with next July: it's pants without clothes!EXULTANTAAcross 11: Nice expensive copy inside — not so expensiveCHEAPERAAcross 12: Finally, mountain climb is beginningNASCENTAAcross 13: Where flies are unfairBELOWAAcross 15: St Stephen's lower, discarded greetingBOXING DAYAAcross 17: Spongy clue for boars?ABSORBENTAAcross 20: Capturing part of the cityTURINAAcross 21: Cancellation period definiteERASUREAAcross 23: Grants immunity to plotter, primarily involved in Semtex explosionEXEMPTSAAcross 25: In dunce's cap, a delinquent frolicESCAPADEAAcross 26: Premium oil mixed in this?AIOLIAAcross 27: Finally, Dilys and Victor in a bed, cavorting — perhaps they'll be given a last-minute reprieveSAVEDBYTHEBELLDDown 1: Polar feature (and creature) in present incumbentOFFICE-BEARERDDown 2: The curtain rising over a lull in hostilitiesTRUCEDDown 3: Somehow prove it hurts the Queen to conquerOVERPOWERDDown 4: Bather unexpectedly catching cold is a sign of cancerTHECRABDDown 5: Biannual event is mostly horse and bullEQUINOXDDown 6: Pledges to serve cereal in hospital? On the contrary!OATHSDDown 7: Should one engage with errand to attend literacy class?NONREADERDDown 10: Sally sitting around, motionlessSTAYINGSTILLDDown 14: Thrice adrift?LOSTATSEADDown 16: Derelict and remote cathedralNOTREDAMEDDown 18: Young female or male caught up in tangled web (3.4)EWELAMBDDown 19: See 13THEBELTDDown 22: Guest argues regularly as a matter of habitUSAGEDDown 24: Call that's mostly fraudulentPHONE