The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 15th March 2022 There are 14 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 15th March 2022. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Keener criminal further up the scaleSHARPERAAcross 5: Flower in front of garden recalled fairy ringsKINGCUPAAcross 9: Suffer side-effects from touching performanceREACTAAcross 10: Get together and manage to admit nothing to judgeCOOPERATEAAcross 11: Come round with boring requests for regional holidaysWAKESWEEKSAAcross 12: Those beginning to scheme against reigning monarchTSARAAcross 14: Broadcast Queens' vital matchesEQUIVALENTSAAcross 18: Essex town providing staff for plane, maybeMANNINGTREEAAcross 21: Test confidence without restraining meORALAAcross 22: Taxonomist in mid-life gets posher housingCLASSIFIERAAcross 25: Limpet and rocks firmly fixedIMPLANTEDAAcross 26: Return of one pound two shillings for ecstasyBLISSAAcross 27: Absolute value is recurrent problem, with board game involvedMODULUSAAcross 28: Eg Romeo dismissing Juliet's second film sequenceMONTAGEDDown 1: Clutch them when all looks lost, but avoid the short one!STRAWSDDown 2: State question, enclosing note with answerALASKADDown 3: Confectioner's pastries ruined diet, essentiallyPATISSERIEDDown 4: Investigate cardinal in Roman Catholic churchRECCEDDown 5: Batsman's innings ended — accidentally fellKNOCK OVERDDown 6: Be obliged to work with hands when caughtNEEDDDown 7: Ditties of French boys after one quits seriesCHANSONSDDown 8: Cuts ripe bananas for dessert toppingPIE CRUSTDDown 8: Cuts ripe bananas for dessert toppingPIECRUSTDDown 13: Bubblier fans running for top prizeBLUE-RIBBONDDown 15: Bogeyman in book heading off to trap tardy deer, perhapsUNGULATESDDown 16: Euro MP worried about current mass marketEMPORIUMDDown 17: Yet to participate in test without coverUNCAPPEDDDown 19: Mineral found in first two of six limestone cavesSILICADDown 20: Oblique tip of elaborate stick for gameCROSSEDDown 23: Clearing large borders, exposed umbelliferous plantSEDUMDDown 24: Ultimately search each large buildingHALL