The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 8th March 2023

There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 8th March 2023. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	He is placed second in this
AAcross 10:	Dark colour of 11, apart from the tips
AAcross 11:	Eton's head expected to cover up whip in school
AAcross 12:	One form of carbon, slangily, is unstable
AAcross 13:	Reminders of duels, including my boastful claim and swords
AAcross 14:	Second kind of soldier, good and smart
AAcross 16:	Mix our two tins to provide nourishment
AAcross 18:	eg restyle, after conversion, in bluish colour
AAcross 19:	Encountered 6 as an example of this
AAcross 20:	Adjusts minimal amounts of elements, including uranium in small quantities
AAcross 23:	Words like iron and lead, perhaps, but not cobalt and tungsten
AAcross 24:	Famous metalworker and I put in small room with nickel
AAcross 25:	Prepare to try gas (not oxygen) when containing bad air
AAcross 26:	See 1	OFTHEELEMENTS
DDown 2:	Kind of system operating in body, giving directions on timeless principle
DDown 3:	Clubs in which performers of awful acts may be clapped
DDown 4:	Clothed English or American guys
DDown 5:	Shortened dress leading to attempt to create instinctive amorous interaction
DDown 6:	Product of mine, light and strong — the second one's superfluous for Americans
DDown 7:	Something that protects quick ascending climber
DDown 8:	Opposite of belligerence characteristic of copper?
DDown 9:	Making unique version of spiral neon sign, omitting one name
DDown 15:	Irish author or 24, for example
DDown 16:	Affect with drug, producing odd reaction laced with sulphur
DDown 17:	At home abstaining, having drunk cider inside bar
DDown 21:	Religious leader symbolically lists three elements and start of another
DDown 21:	Religious leader symbolically lists three elements and start of another
DDown 22:	Prepare drink for 007, something fermented with hydrogen in it
DDown 23:	Part of silver necklace for French author