The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 16th March 2023 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 16th March 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Scientific study of scalp thus prodding nitASTROPHYSICSAAcross 9: Item of furniture, very Indian?DIVANAAcross 10: Indian dish greater in US cityBALTIMOREAAcross 11: Dry tree made for squirrelSECRETEAAcross 12: Soother, eg Assam?BACKRUBAAcross 13: Unsatisfying resolution where claimant I gathered has got crossANTICLIMAXAAcross 15: Mean for name, say, to have an M removed in Indian cityAGRAAAcross 18: Wheeze while visiting doctorGASPAAcross 19: New Delhi bad, or unsentimentalHARD-BOILEDAAcross 22: Recollection of passage from intermezzo, so romantically, tenderly playedAMOROSOAAcross 24: Connoisseur engaging US vice-president and British PM in conversation?GOURMETAAcross 25: Hot drink, case of cocoa fed to a sheepAMERICANOAAcross 26: Dig ground initially bare?NUDGEAAcross 27: Twice make for poserFASHION MODELDDown 1: Supporters voted, as a Liberal stuffed by ConservativeADVOCATESDDown 2: Course: figure office has cancelled it in cityTENDENCYDDown 3: Ring doctor about card gameOMBREDDown 4: Wobbly flab in store where one's fed breakfast and evening mealHALFBOARDDDown 5: Darn pain!STITCHDDown 6: Voices heard in paper, reportedly?CHOIRDDown 7: Cricketing format has transformed Indian stateODISHADDown 8: Country in India surrounded by wild bearsSERBIADDown 14: Lover tickling Maria, not OscarINAMORATODDown 16: Honour girl crossing over the hill and seaGOLD MEDALDDown 17: Inhospitable housing union men built with pillarsCOLUMNEDDDown 18: Custom of south-west India beat it!GO AWAYDDown 20: Finish off muck guzzling the stewDITHERDDown 21: Popular Indian leader, shut your face!MODISHDDown 23: The end of my eight gates ajar, all openingOMEGADDown 24: Good capacity for curryGROOM