The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 2nd March 2023 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 2nd March 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Drink cheat — one who should avoid booze?SCREWDRIVERAAcross 9: Former Conservative employer becoming lenient type?EXCUSERAAcross 10: Maiden on dash home — that may account for dark countenanceMELANINAAcross 11: Gangster gets into it for political arrangementCOALITIONAAcross 12: Irish county lacking leader for ever old-fashionedALWAYAAcross 13: File with artist's paintings originallyRASPAAcross 14: One may have got down for sleepFEATHER BEDAAcross 14: One may have got down for sleepFEATHERBEDAAcross 16: Christian festival with man of the Bible going to church — what's on the menu?WHITE SAUCEAAcross 19: Exploited worker knocking back some refreshmentsSERFAAcross 21: Trump's reserve money?PENCEAAcross 22: Smoker with pipe had briefly repelled posh lass?DEBUTANTEAAcross 24: Instinct lacking in educational experience?TUITIONAAcross 25: Beset by awful dread, the fellow held fastADHEREDAAcross 26: Mood at Cambridgeshire location showing moderationTEMPERATELYDDown 1: Relationship expert sits and conciliates for resolutionSOCIAL SCIENTISTDDown 2: Sage is given greeting after end of warRISHIDDown 3: inexperienced revolutionary meeting the enemy when guns are firedWARTIMEDDown 4: Men tear apart parliamentary bill that's been postponedREMANETDDown 5: Country type, 54, turned up to have beerVILLAGERDDown 6: What is recommended by anti-oil folk or any green rebel, we fancyRENEWABLEENERGYDDown 7: Sportsperson — one you want to get a boundary?FENCERDDown 8: International organisation faded, we hear — that's naturalUNDYEDDDown 15: Element that could be unseemliest, not establishedSELENIUMDDown 16: Linger around top end of park, overlooking one wild animalWAPITIDDown 17: Like some food and drink to restrict slight depressionAL DENTEDDown 18: Pop group among 150 supported by a Jewish system of beliefCABBALADDown 20: Yesteryear's songstress participates in cricket matchFIELDSDDown 23: Worry rising with house submerged in lakeTAHOE