The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 11th March 2021 There are 17 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 11th March 2021. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Sausage and mash — was butter right substitute for energy?BRATWURSTAAcross 6: Allegedly, food banks produce little fire startersPYROSAAcross 9: Bother with a horse, say, otherwise go backAGGROAAcross 10: Basic gluing regularly for a DIY tool?STAPLE GUNAAcross 10: Basic gluing regularly for a DIY tool?STAPLEGUNAAcross 11: Sends reports of plot discovered in steelworks?TELEGRAPHSAAcross 12: Leaders suggest England's ruled by a EuropeanSERBAAcross 14: Giant bikes require work to replace a bearingCYCLOPSAAcross 15: Before first kiss, nervously phone fabulous birdPHOENIXAAcross 17: Type of irrigation: 99?COLONICAAcross 19: Jeans exchange hands — initially, elongated stripes become checksREVISESAAcross 20: Drunk knocked back small drinkTOSSAAcross 22: Toad, rabbit and sea dogNATTERJACKAAcross 25: For Penn and Teller, according to Carroll, it's a driving mechanismPROPELLERAAcross 26: Film-maker Shyamalan wants opening of movie to be darknessNIGHTAAcross 27: American guitarists have the last word over voteAXMENAAcross 28: Electrical devices grill her toast on SundayRHEOSTATSDDown 1: Pound locks up special animalBEASTDDown 2: A new setter, I state, is heavenlyANGELICALDDown 3: Cryptically, God in sin?WRONGDOINGDDown 4: Racing cars like to carry 50 7sRASCALSDDown 5: Restaurant where Spooner's woman to come firstTEASHOPDDown 6: Light beer after a drop of pilsnerPALEDDown 7: Scoundrel to attempt return, hiding in Paris streetROGUEDDown 8: Rock bands love sex from behind in isolated environmentsSANDBOXESDDown 13: I never slow cook animalsWOLVERINESDDown 14: Approximately 1000 top best in revolt — it's a really nasty place to beCACOTOPIADDown 16: Longing for battle, lost againNOSTALGIADDown 18: Sycophant in slow-moving vehicleCRAWLERDDown 19: Umpire trading iron for titanium — now he no longer worksRETIREEDDown 21: Most annoyed about a little bit of rainy weatherSTORMDDown 23: Football clothing starts to excite strikers and wingersKITESDDown 24: Capital to be seen during October/NovemberBERN