The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 1st March 2022 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 1st March 2022. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Do the same as prisoner with criminal recordCONFORMAAcross 5: They put the squeeze on Hypnos, cast outside TroyPYTHONSAAcross 9: In miniature, because an instrumentREBECAAcross 10: Sporting grannie almost won NationalNORWEGIANAAcross 11: Basic failure to meet storytelling quota?UNDERLYINGAAcross 12: Very numbDEADAAcross 14: Getting people to talk in a form of Inuit is nothing, without questionINQUISITIONAAcross 18: Class relied on reform to get aircraft squadrons in FranceESCADRILLESAAcross 21: Current undergarment for a woman lacks openingEDDYAAcross 22: German region we backed way before failure, some might sayWESTPHALIAAAcross 25: Disease has politician stretched out flat in bedCOMPLAINTAAcross 26: Street seller's recipe involved with rice?CRIERAAcross 27: European bridge: one should start leading heartsSPANISHAAcross 28: In revolt, mean and tenseUPTIGHTDDown 1: Last of air removed from high cloud and carbon injected as entertainmentCIRCUSDDown 2: Unimportant person describing a weak wineNOBODYDDown 3: Award Savage a very low mark for witOSCAR WILDEDDown 4: Old military leader is well (sadly not internally)MONTYDDown 5: Note name assumed by wild alpine plantPERENNIALDDown 6: Shaker town holding back migrationTREKDDown 7: Sailor's girlfriend with yen to yield to independence — the virgin kind?OLIVE OILDDown 8: Seaside feature: sex initiation plus nude swimmingSAND DUNEDDown 13: Fail to qualify? Don't go falling into the canal!MISSTHECUTDDown 15: Tending to shake, a bit like a flight case?QUIVERISHDDown 16: Removes barriers as protection from the enemyDEFENCESDDown 17: Set your sights on a state-backed scholarly environmentACADEMIADDown 19: Brief from foreign leader spreading fake newsFLYINGDDown 20: Leave wrapping right round birdPARROTDDown 23: Armadillo's articulated body markingTATOUDDown 24: Southern French town's excuse, when independence lostALBI