The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 5th March 2024 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 5th March 2024. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Gets sex in centre wearing pair of smallsSCORESAAcross 5: Look around the empty placeLOCATEAAcross 8: Director from Italy collapsed firstFELLINIAAcross 9: Tramp working to fill-in for top personMONARCHAAcross 11: Growing business? Good – get firm, initially lost, to enter promotionMARKET GARDENINGAAcross 12: Woman did lie about dukeLADYAAcross 13: Firm with smoking gun? Fit with a silencer?SOUNDPROOFAAcross 17: Better talk after email is hackedAMELIORATEAAcross 18: Bowl over with star catching last from mid-wicketSTUNAAcross 20: Unknown state of steel that’s wearing at frontINDETERMINATIONAAcross 23: Pulling through idle chat in middle of night, grabbing numberYANKINGAAcross 24: Docking fee from price in the end after beer turns in barrelKEELAGEAAcross 25: See 8 DownBREEDSAAcross 26: Arm-twisting? Getting robe over uniformDURESSDDown 2: Romantic couple not excited: back to being boring through tripCOLERIDGEDDown 3: One sacks Republican adviser on rightRAIDERDDown 4: Wife-swap and make love with Romeo – one goes both waysSWING DOORDDown 5: Tree-hugger from left to disagree having ignored leaderLEMURDDown 6: See 8CONTEMPTDDown 7: One husband not in short swimming trunksTORSIDDown 8: Mad at flat décor ultimately concealed by Prime Minister: reason close allies lost respect?FAMILIARITYDDown 10: Drunk intended to grab woman’s bottom: big deal?HIGH FINANCEDDown 14: Found holes in up-ended can: opened with sharp toolNITPICKEDDDown 15: Beats virus: a lot sufferingOUTRIVALSDDown 16: One might be scrambling with bride getting kit offDIRT BIKEDDown 19: Race and Archie’s skin linked with King Charles and QueenCAREERDDown 21: Supporter to wear yellowDONORDDown 22: Blows a fuse as resistance fadesRAGES