The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 11th April 2001 There are 13 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 11th April 2001. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 5: A Labour leader takes many shares outALLOTSAAcross 6: Pained expression when taken in by French article that's disreputableLOUCHEAAcross 9: Porn is circulating in jailPRISONAAcross 10: Men circumnavigating 504 islandsMALDIVESAAcross 11: Stocking filler for a little beastCALFAAcross 12: Cotton sari crumpled in drawerCARTOONISTAAcross 13: Row for a change about Conservative leaderALTERCATIONAAcross 18: Source of article in part of FrancePROVENANCEAAcross 21: Almost regretting destructionRUINAAcross 22: Tea and pieces of pitta breadCHAPATTIAAcross 23: Vaulting ambition involves a piece of gamesmanshipGAMBITAAcross 24: Undiluted sound in passageSTRAITAAcross 25: First-class men required as spiesAGENTSDDown 1: Composer with bad flu is perfectly happyBLISSFULDDown 2: Without stress, add one hundred to one hundredATONICDDown 3: Do one's best to be objective with yobboGO ALL OUTDDown 4: Director's call for fightingACTIONDDown 5: A broken rib and a gashed head? This should prevent thatAIR BAGDDown 5: A broken rib and a gashed head? This should prevent thatAIRBAGDDown 7: The majority of Stevenson's letters are all the sameEVEN SODDown 8: Recipe mania may be the source of a popular songAMERICANPIEDDown 14: A German saint and a German physicistEINSTEINDDown 15: In custody pending trial, one man died protecting ringleaderONREMANDDDown 16: Members of a priestly class drop in to see a composerBRAHMSDDown 17: Neil is drunk and stays in bedLIEINSDDown 19: Queen surrounded by brass snakesVIPERSDDown 20: Pledge oneself to come into battleENGAGE