The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 3rd March 2010

There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 3rd March 2010. View the answers below..

Also try..
All The Guardian Cryptic Answers All Publications

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Fire past island as military horseman
AAcross 5:	A male girl, by 3 and 15
AAcross 10:	Combination locks?
AAcross 11:	Sweet, Spooner's fabricated plan?	CHERRYTART
AAcross 12:	Sensuous ardour's ending in passage
AAcross 13:	Piece by 3 and 15?	THESOUND
AAcross 14:	Girl has no bananas for Persians, perhaps
AAcross 16:	See 24
AAcross 17:	Old place for shopping bag, or all boxes
AAcross 19:	See 13	OFSILENCE
AAcross 23:	See 24
AAcross 24:	Journalist stealing public money in West Country town, by 3 and 15
AAcross 26:	Wreck two containers	BASKETCASE
AAcross 27:	See 24
AAcross 28:	Composer's composer not entirely lightweight
AAcross 29:	Break items when starved, cooking
DDown 2:	Cooking ingredient, exquisite starter put in mouth: say, duck
DDown 3:	Paul's stage opening — there's my cue!
DDown 4:	3 and 15's girl's disheartening cute eyelashes	CECILIA
DDown 6:	Taste wine, glugging river
DDown 7:	A relation's ground, or grounds
DDown 8:	Crowns on top of aristocracy, breaking heart
DDown 9:	Useless effort debated without value in existence	BETTEROFFDEAD
DDown 15:	Art dealer's conclusion: jazzy stuff collected by highlander	GARFUNKEL
DDown 18:	Appropriate nationality, English
DDown 20:	I note well, plant has to develop internally
DDown 21:	Most secretive, a US soldier's incest?
DDown 22:	Billion lucky numbers wasted
DDown 25:	I duck at the first attempt	INONE