The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 4th March 2021

There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 4th March 2021. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Drug dealer going after prison clerk
AAcross 6:	See 22 down
AAcross 8:	Darling bursting at the seams almost? How elegant!
AAcross 9:	Casual agreement to hold career back leads to destitution
AAcross 10:	Elastic hem of bikini caught in bush?
AAcross 11:	Juvenile predator gets choice fish circling river
AAcross 12:	Forlorn thing, replacing love with one
AAcross 15:	Bloody treatment and daily abuse by sibling
AAcross 16:	Fragrant as a nameless Wordsworthian poet, say
AAcross 19:	Sword-shaped sateen creation
AAcross 21:	Artist who sounds cheerful
AAcross 22:	Sporty type of male appreciative of painting etc
AAcross 24:	Here Labour begins true representation in America
AAcross 25:	Inclined to accept roentgen unit study
AAcross 26:	See 22 down
AAcross 27:	Joyful orchids cultivated without state backing
DDown 1:	Newspaper illustrations carrying risk
DDown 2:	'Quite agreeable, collecting rubbish' (wink, wink!)
DDown 3:	Large body to go comfortably round, being out of shape
DDown 4:	Heap laid out, but not a place to land on
DDown 5:	A second chance for foiled contestants?
DDown 6:	Rather bleak victory, with lame finish in Test
DDown 7:	One who takes lives in central development
DDown 13:	Tennis champion off to the small Italian commune
DDown 14:	Ground is to alter betting system
DDown 17:	Beneath mountain peak, diverging trails wind
DDown 18:	Carbon ring coil associated with a petal formation
DDown 20:	Refrained from releasing a book that's marked
DDown 22:	Tip waste food over press and sackings are on the cards!
DDown 23:	Habit of taking a lot of wine with ice-cold starters?