The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 22nd March 2024 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 22nd March 2024. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Defensive work from a side playing China at firstPALISADEAAcross 9: It may keep one warm, although one’s not coolANORAKAAcross 10: Awful cakes left with nothing on topBALDAAcross 11: Cocktail of lime – men add extra designation (which each other across answer has here)MIDDLE NAMEAAcross 12: Cheap old whiskey drunk by GrantLOWENDAAcross 14: Artist periodically seeing red frames shows angerIRRITATEAAcross 15: Palace of Versailles excursion not finishing soonTRIANONAAcross 17: Fish lie low, oddly, in Hants riverTELEOSTAAcross 20: Enormity from rogue seen stopping loving gesturesHUGENESSAAcross 22: Lots disheartened about novel maths theoremsLEMMASAAcross 23: Person who has issue receiving letters about dietPARLIAMENTAAcross 24: Republican Party without energy for overhaulREDOAAcross 25: Figure Jade knocked back is a greedy so-and-soGANNETAAcross 26: Handle thief following specific way of workingMONICKERDDown 1: A horny male caught in rain, perhaps RomeoPARAMOURDDown 2: E.g. part of Leicester thoroughfare sheltering homeRINDDDown 3: What musicians perhaps did in heavy traffic at the seaside?JAMMEDDDown 4: Rock star’s curse about broken 2HENDRIXDDown 5: Shopping centre periodically evicted a grimier poetMALLARMEDDown 6: With the current drink, master gets hammeredDOWNSTREAMDDown 7: Make a mess of French word for rodentMARMOTDDown 13: Nigella mixing with men doing some decoratingENAMELLINGDDown 16: Is very theatrical account welcomed by public school’s head?OVERACTSDDown 18: Son walked awkwardly dressed like a babySWADDLEDDDown 19: Thinks a lot of rising stars meet security guardsESTEEMSDDown 21: Statesperson, you heard, thanks Chinese peopleUTAHANDDown 22: Shakira, perhaps, or half-cut Lana TurnerLATINADDown 24: Cedric Kane’s 11RICK