The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 2nd April 2001 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 2nd April 2001. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Rift created by a broken promise?BREACHAAcross 4: Fights are things dogs enjoySCRAPSAAcross 9: Worker right to be bitter sometimesBEERAAcross 10: All union members finished business for the dayCLOSED SHOPAAcross 11: An inventor having no team for back-upEDISONAAcross 12: It comes under a general vote in the CommonsDIVISIONAAcross 13: Implement for eating meat paste?CHOPSTICKAAcross 15: Washington provided for homeless childWAIFAAcross 16: Break seal to get drinksALESAAcross 17: The growth of the fairytaleBEANSTALKAAcross 21: May be seen round the trunk of this tree, perhapsTEE SHIRTAAcross 22: Quiet seaman gets by, looking scruffySHABBYAAcross 24: Accommodation for a model familyDOLL'S HOUSEAAcross 25: Come up against an objectionABUTAAcross 26: Back me to supervise relief workEMBOSSAAcross 27: Capital A followed by S?ATHENSDDown 1: The scope of the Bard?BREADTHDDown 2: Is paid pots, they sayEARNSDDown 3: Fruit for the shyCOCONUTDDown 5: Equal to both parts of 13CLEAVEDDown 6: One who helps satanists outASSISTANTDDown 7: There's no performance of "The Peacock"SHOW-OFFDDown 7: There's no performance of "The Peacock"SHOWOFFDDown 8: What a travelling orchestra goes on?CONDUCTEDTOURDDown 14: Two irons used by journalists togetherPRESSCLUBDDown 16: Holding soldiers up in a unit is a bloomerANEMONEDDown 18: New rise just coming into effectNASCENTDDown 19: A sailor scowls about Herculean tasksLABOURSDDown 20: Figures in the University Boat RaceEIGHTSDDown 23: Lower in a mathematical scaleABASE