The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 17th March 2020

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 17th March 2020. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Taken for a ride by gangster, triumph then fly
AAcross 6:	Ring male that's caught in the firing line
AAcross 9:	Good-for-nothing Born to Run live disc is included
AAcross 10:	24/6? Starting from zero initially, usual reckoning …
AAcross 12:	… involves one adding 24/6
AAcross 15:	People praising one of those late goals use it excitedly, without beginning to apologise
AAcross 17:	Partaking of booze killed wrestling champion
AAcross 18:	Setter almost flipped — health resort has no Special Brew
AAcross 19:	Born to Run in tights? Journalist is very drunk
AAcross 20:	Executive position, brewing cider — sort drunk with joint
AAcross 24:	Play instrument, backing …
AAcross 25:	… Abba or A-ha? Do-re-mi plan scuppered
AAcross 26:	Newspaper article covering page in dictionary
AAcross 27:	Females once carrying a torch for Puck perhaps, rejected after enjoyment outside front of house
DDown 1:	Result of getting 19 in German city around midnight?
DDown 2:	See 1
DDown 3:	Day and date during good month for a bit of Mendelssohn?
DDown 4:	Women seen through curtains? They're not the sober type
DDown 5:	Stupid as one Conservative MP, with ale leading to Labour candidate's complaint
DDown 7:	Fruit of ruby red colour, half gone off
DDown 8:	Larks with all but topless chicks?	EARLYBIRDS
DDown 11:	What a sidekick plays, using spare racket
DDown 13:	Kiss on the lips? Puck will, getting into trouble for minor misconduct
DDown 14:	Cooking apple, large and sour, useful in many ways
DDown 16:	Sandwich and a little drink as well? Not quite in amounts produced in a summer's day
DDown 21:	Film buff
DDown 22:	Lacking support, like the Yard after a third cut
DDown 23:	See 22