The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 5th March 2020 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 5th March 2020. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Spirited French not good digesting salmonALCOHOLICAAcross 6: In bed, naked womanEDNAAAcross 10: Having second thoughts about toupee, staying at homeRUINGAAcross 11: Endless enthusiasm taxi drivers put into various itemsBRIC-A-BRACAAcross 11: Endless enthusiasm taxi drivers put into various itemsBRICABRACAAcross 12: Louis Quinze style, missing nothing on way of working leatherMOROCCOAAcross 13: Drew a short space attached round entrance to cellENTICEDAAcross 14: No citrus flavour before with balsam? Leave well alone!NOLI-ME-TANGEREAAcross 17: Makes picture of tourist, one cleaning graffiti perhapsPAINTSTRIPPERAAcross 21: These days needing backing to keep daughter in comfort in depressed areaDEAD SEAAAcross 22: Encourage to use ears for special understandingIN SIGHTAAcross 22: Encourage to use ears for special understandingINSIGHTAAcross 24: Stars also wandered, Alpha movingANDROMEDAAAcross 25: Chekhov, say, heading off from part of SwitzerlandANTONAAcross 26: Last of the vintage in the shadeECRUAAcross 27: Dance a long way with cry of approvalFARANDOLEDDown 1: A bloody year, with no small ill-feelingACRIMONYDDown 2: Town official rather a baby?CRIERDDown 3: In building, flagged excessive agent's feeHIGH COMMISSIONDDown 4: Experimental wear for cold dog?LAB COATDDown 5: Having washed all over, greeting AmericanCHILEANDDown 7: Scandal man's kept under hat, not causing much damageDIRT CHEAPDDown 8: Robbed a craftsman, holding up a series of shopsARCADEDDown 9: Unrealistic plan to broadcast Saint-Saëns clipCASTLESINSPAINDDown 15: Northerner in run getting map for one dayLAPLANDERDDown 16: It's just make-believe, if 12-year-old hides a tablet at churchPRETENCEDDown 18: London criminal, one going to potTEA LEAFDDown 19: Feature of an Everest ascent, in which one may disappearTHIN AIRDDown 20: A challenge to include whiskey in selling softwareADWAREDDown 23: In America, start to win gameGET-GO