The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 22nd March 2021 There are 12 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 22nd March 2021. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Impenetrable row of crops at one end of the country?CORNWALLAAcross 9: Scores four? Many moreEIGHTYAAcross 10: Work to do, then, promptlyON THE DOTAAcross 11: Philosopher speaking in a crackly whisperRUSTLEAAcross 12: One’s stocking up, ready for the occasional visitor to drop inFATHER CHRISTMASAAcross 15: Boxed in, one has a trying timeJURORAAcross 16: Request directions, being awryASKEWAAcross 20: Not really expect to describe Bob's family quarrel?HOPEAGAINSTHOPEAAcross 21: Run after small girl, who may be on thin iceSKATERAAcross 23: Mountain originally broken in seven piecesBENNEVISAAcross 25: Audibly breathe a cunning planWHEEZEAAcross 26: Many distributed our menusNUMEROUSDDown 1: No working period; time for lunch?NOONDAYDDown 2: How mortgage may be secured free of chargeONTHEHOUSEDDown 3: Crazy about one girlMAIDDDown 4: Spotted large number at church in pastBLOTCHYDDown 5: Miserly girls just avoided accidentsNEARMISSESDDown 6: Are they before or after chickens?EGGSDDown 7: Starry artists tell a reviewer's hidingSTELLARDDown 13: High-level plot for gore and mayhemROOF GARDENDDown 14: All the same, these letters give a basic educationTHETHREERSDDown 17: Factory on holiday emptied and idleWORK-SHYDDown 17: Factory on holiday emptied and idleWORKSHYDDown 18: Grand group of swingersBIG BANDDDown 19: Pick one parent as the bestOPTIMUMDDown 22: Secured change of dietTIEDDDown 24: Handle callNAME