The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 17th March 2022 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 17th March 2022. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Throw party, performing Blue Moon on dropping tabDISCOMBOBULATEAAcross 9: Republican occupying post yes-man vacated for MonroeMARILYNAAcross 10: Checks possibly amber clothing at homeREINSINAAcross 11: Indian side's air shot getting cheersRAITAAAcross 12: Character from China is awful pig? Oh dear!IDEOGRAPHAAcross 13: Might this be an allergy of the throat?LARYNGEALAAcross 14: Order for one sailor to make a U-turnSAY-SOAAcross 15: Spots, or what's said to be spotsSITESAAcross 17: It's obtained from Baker Street's west side with the cash we haveSOURDOUGHAAcross 20: In backstreet, parent's waving arms in sacred placeTRANSEPTSAAcross 22: One's tossed kind of red net awayCABERAAcross 23: Return of people keeping dry around cool, green regionOCEANIAAAcross 24: The greatest dessert for a legendary cavemanALI BABAAAcross 25: Scotch is a no-no for Rugby School's leaderKNOCKONTHEHEADDDown 1: In ladies' room at parties knocking down spirits?DEMORALISATIONDDown 2: Steadier lassoes left by one more likely to snapSURLIERDDown 3: Colours of crude undies donned by this personOILPAINTSDDown 4: Twirling aristocrat let go of hot guy here!BONFIREDDown 5: It augments strength of pub whisky no endBARBELLDDown 6: Prone, racing, to go to toplessLYINGDDown 7: Possessing will, still, to gather animals upTESTACYDDown 8: Ready to grasp intimacy from another perspectiveON THE OTHER HANDDDown 14: Like a siren copper turned up, entering drug cutting areaSEDUCTIVEDDown 16: What you may do with old car of Parisian ploughing into coachTRADE-INDDown 17: Really gently, jogged round section of pitchSOPRANODDown 18: Sup rum with pastry one disliked after risingUPSTARTDDown 19: Offence of rum-running securing bishop a number of yearsUMBRAGEDDown 21: Hedgehog thus keeps runningSONIC