The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 2nd March 2020 There are 15 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 2nd March 2020. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: One's embarrassed to involve woman in smearBLUSHERAAcross 5: Eccentric involved in defending battleshipsDINGBATAAcross 9: Verification is essential to clause ceding titleAUDITAAcross 10: Abandoned area separating two sets of playersCAST ASIDEAAcross 11: Red hot tape turned out to be highly informative porn!DEEPTHROATAAcross 12: City that can be stimulating after sixAGRAAAcross 14: Worry about being disturbed as taxi lets gent inEXISTENTIALAAcross 18: Stone passage reportedly found in EuropeEMERALD ISLEAAcross 21: Nettle or grass?NARKAAcross 22: Record film music firstSCORESHEETAAcross 25: Baseball player's casual clothing combinationSHORT-STOPAAcross 25: Baseball player's casual clothing combinationSHORTSTOPAAcross 26: See 14ANGSTAAcross 27: Against the rules to have one buried in the neighbourhoodNOTFAIRAAcross 28: Close and terribly hot around where we liveON EARTHDDown 1: Strong drink makes bishop up for itBRANDYDDown 2: Abandoned by commandos, comes back to life perhapsUNDIESDDown 3: Goes drinking and nearly scoresHITSTHEBARDDown 4: Remove dry pieces from red curry — they can repeatRECURDDown 5: French philosopher who thought SS created mayhemDESCARTESDDown 6: Animal conservationist starting national organisation against hunting …NOAHDDown 7: … introduces British group with pride, perhapsBRINGSINDDown 8: Weird one tucked into end bits found on little piggies?TOENAILSDDown 13: Unwilling republican intervenes between countriesINTERSTATEDDown 15: It shows popular autocrat taking first time offINDICATORDDown 16: Poet composed sonnet about New YorkTENNYSONDDown 17: In the end, brings together seat majorityREARMOSTDDown 19: Voltaire, ridiculing error, gutted church officialVERGERDDown 20: It helps to heal and keeps you from runningSTITCHDDown 23: Criticism of missing copyREPRODDown 24: It blows up in Estonia occasionallyETNA