The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 18th March 2021 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 18th March 2021. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Students read this current old diary in TimesBIOLOGYAAcross 5: A short delay in Switzerland leads to complaintCATARRHAAcross 10: Mark awards ceremony, taking sidesSCARAAcross 11: Charlie stops negotiating drugs courseMEDICATIONAAcross 12: Film posh Young Conservative dancingPSYCHOAAcross 13: Annual growth margins excluded insulin supplierPANCREASAAcross 14: Very funny rocks lecturer kept in cupboardPRICELESSAAcross 16: Plump person regularly feasts on turkey, apart from innardsFATTYAAcross 17: A lot of sailors secure firm part of mastACORNAAcross 19: Check rooms in monastery for controversial sources of therapySTEMCELLSAAcross 23: Hero fell among starsACHILLESAAcross 24: Spot the sack that's put on boardNOTICEAAcross 26: Dracula's health indicator?BLOOD COUNTAAcross 27: Bring up Republican auditor behind backREARAAcross 28: Georgia came across art in French cellsGAMETESAAcross 29: Question odd features of ballet during concertPROBLEMDDown 2: Fake coins found in Ireland — one's coated in enamelINCISORDDown 3: Joely Richardson's helping London theatreLYRICDDown 4: Tropical plant, one with large swelling on root?GUMBOILDDown 6: Grave, perhaps, that may reveal one's originsACCENTDDown 7: A fine caterer arranged support, following operationAFTERCAREDDown 8: Old order to disperse rhino at intervals with sensitivityRIOT ACTDDown 9: Relish opening a huge English paper that's 16ADIPOSE TISSUEDDown 15: Steroid is working after short time in heartCORTISONEDDown 18: A 22 ordered article in the Listener?COCHLEADDown 20: Keep watch on idiot in Othello, for oneMONITORDDown 21: Briefly want sugar magnate to produce food for youngLACTATEDDown 22: Protection in bed? That's old hatCLOCHEDDown 25: Beat biblical epic, getting shot of the TabletsTHROB