The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 20th April 2001 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 20th April 2001. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: There's nothing in between the passenger and the roadTHOROUGHFAREAAcross 8: Woman gets support for surveyorEVERESTAAcross 9: I forged alloy in the hearthFIREDOGAAcross 11: Business graduate in drag faces old complaintLUMBAGOAAcross 12: Subversion lacks its initial impressionEDITIONAAcross 13: The proportion of a square in a South American cityRATIOAAcross 14: Make a beastly noise before our local residentNEIGHBOURAAcross 16: Susie dies foolishly for a matter of lesser importanceSIDEISSUEAAcross 19: Merchandise keeps wife smartSWELLAAcross 21: Wrongfully in charge? It's criminalILLICITAAcross 23: Insect eats fruit for foodALIMENTAAcross 24: Goddess gets shrub in a place of tormentGEHENNAAAcross 25: Disagreement in the German fishing boatDRIFTERAAcross 26: One puts words into the mouths of those to be shotSCREENWRITERDDown 1: Recluse carries tons of welding materialTHERMITDDown 2: Herb loves holding ShakespeareanOREGANODDown 3: Expenditure one invested in unfashionable medalsOUTGOINGSDDown 4: Boss endlessly making faux pasGAFFEDDown 5: Supply swimmer taking potFURNISHDDown 6: Composer's baton Igor smashedRODRIGODDown 7: Proper sauce for traditional festivityWELLDRESSINGDDown 10: Officers rent shopGENERAL STOREDDown 15: Fast runner tucks into rice cooked for northernerICELANDERDDown 17: Tory supports change in capital of a Greek islandDELPHICDDown 18: Engineer breaking local's key? Holy smoke!INCENSEDDown 19: Life cut short in travesty of transportationSKI LIFTDDown 20: German aristocrat is English readerELECTORDDown 22: Wrench Bob away to keep fitTRAIN