The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 12th March 2024 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 12th March 2024. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Removes protection for privates and retrieves mission dataDEBRIEFSAAcross 5: Extremely haughty getting put into elite categoryPHYLUMAAcross 9: Caught dealer supplying 1/6th of friends in New York?CHANDLERAAcross 10: Type of light half of street orderSTROBEAAcross 12: Live and thrive, having lost nothingDWELLAAcross 13: Ask the mad criminal for final impressionDEATH MASKAAcross 14: Brilliant old American lineageINCANDESCENTAAcross 18: Alternative theatres rely on getting specialist treatment here?HARLEY STREETAAcross 21: Concrete is securing link – these are the factsREALITIESAAcross 23: Delay yearly exercise ...PAUSEAAcross 24: ... still producing interferenceSTATICAAcross 25: Almost overwhelm gang? That's shockingFLOORINGAAcross 26: Mature reason that stops one revealing programmeAGENDAAAcross 27: Follower provides commercial gas leaseADHERENTDDown 1: Unravel mystery of sea creature existing in freshwater river?DECODEDDown 2: Arrogant supporter on way to enlightenmentBRAZENDDown 3: Apathy turning to defiance if son replaces daughterINDOLENCEDDown 4: Spurned, I fail badly; did I mean to say that?FREUDIAN SLIPDDown 6: Couple pull up with difficulty?HITCHDDown 7: Circuit put on copier – it keeps the end cleanLOOPAPERDDown 8: Encounters rebel king's army chiefs inside – they're watchful creaturesMEERKATSDDown 11: Adds all of raw mixture to make a healthy dishWALDORF SALADDDown 15: Strips back process, putting it into standbySLEEPMODEDDown 16: Cleaner is master, generating great presenceCHARISMADDown 17: Dull recording broadcast by one of our cousinsGREAT APEDDown 19: Prone to prosecute, hiding fixSUPINEDDown 20: Elevation moving top to bottom, 12.5%HEIGHTDDown 22: Virgil, I admit, contains work from another poetILIAD