The Guardian Cryptic Crossword March 3 2026 Answers (3/3/26)

Our The Guardian Cryptic Crossword March 3, 2026 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue.

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword March 3, 2026 Answers

If you need help solving The Guardian Cryptic Crossword on 3/3/26, we’ve listed all of the crossword clues below so you can find the answer(s) you need. You can search for the clue and then select the appropriate clue to get the answer. We have done it this way so that if you’re just looking for a handful of clues, you won’t spoil other ones you’re working on!

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#	Clue
1A	Medic’s poor score with Guardian crossword debut
5A	See 1
9A	A model turned storyteller
10A	Being criminals sucks
11A	Each prior show to begin with cast
12A	Single move divorce city’s backing
14A	Old individual helping to get acquittal
18A	They possibly pilfer hot stores, removing content
21A	Feel reasonably well or berserk
22A	Nasty and perhaps guilty, wearing fake suntan
25A	Teaching the students at last, mathematician is using body language
26A	See 24-Down
27A	Farm work up to maturity
28A	Look embarrassed seeing nurse regularly in motion
1D	Express unhappiness about programme that’s trashy
2D	Awfully sorry to have pocketed a chaplet
3D	Poorly writer’s in favour of vague reply
4D	Clue for March: one in seven desperately trying to make friends and influence people
5D	Replace McEnroe in broadcast?
6D	Almost raw and red
7D	Not going to a restaurant with inane git misbehaving
8D	Wedding band for a shilling in Northern poor regions
13D	Pianist playing ‘Waterfalls’
15D	See 4
16D	Is in France consuming load – this?
17D	Massive waste in fossil fuel
19D	Criticism oddly not heard for Figaro?
20D	On board boat, ten days – be there!
23D	Go straight
24D	Cocktail – one drunk by a clubber dancing

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