The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 9th March 2022 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 9th March 2022. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Passes over the Guardian's standardCOLOURSAAcross 5: Musician — one deliberately getting the count wrong?FIDDLERAAcross 9: Wonderful! First Macbeth, then Hamlet briefly, making a comeback?MAGICAAcross 10: Type of soldiers covering partners with return fireSANS SERIFAAcross 11: Born to talk banally about methane, sayNATURAL GASAAcross 12: Man perhaps spreading liesISLEAAcross 14: Hotel worker is nice to pert modelRECEPTIONISTAAcross 18: Neural defect has bachelor telephone dead actressLAURENBACALLAAcross 21: Bishop's pawn has work with English openingPOPEAAcross 22: Nonconformist getting whisky on the house?FREE SPIRITAAcross 25: One on Saturn trip, taking in ring and comet's tail?ASTRONAUTAAcross 26: Weather to turn rainy in the endWINDYAAcross 27: Trunks almost all removed — smashing result for swimmersTURTLESAAcross 28: For each side upon tumbling meteorPERSEIDDDown 1: Church gathered to welcome new materialCEMENTDDown 2: Slight problem with some fixtures and fittingsLIGHTSDDown 3: Posh trend — pace about bare floorboards?UNCARPETEDDDown 4: A relative getting up with cereal, ultimately for fibreSISALDDown 5: Amazing soft drinks, Tango I seeFANTASTICDDown 6: Hell's cold: it's round and flatDISCDDown 7: Title of cricket ground's coolLORDSHIPDDown 8: Contemplates Mirror and SunREFLECTSDDown 13: Perhaps China's promise to take liberal prisoner with QueenWORLD POWERDDown 15: Criminal bears arms? ShameEMBARRASSDDown 16: Mammal to help out after bearing insectELEPHANTDDown 17: Skip American politician being caught by cleanerDUMPSTERDDown 19: Discontented poor Indian and commonplace — not like him!PRINCEDDown 20: Remained utterly soberSTAYEDDDown 23: Consume tea brewed at universityEAT UPDDown 24: Fuel cell's casing holds ordinary acid, primarilyCOAL