The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 1st April 2003 There are 17 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 1st April 2003. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Surprise misfortuneSET-BACKAAcross 1: Surprise misfortuneSETBACKAAcross 5: Strong stem ...STAUNCHAAcross 9: ... part with fruitYIELDAAcross 10: When the Russian lawgiver appears, they can keep coolTHERMOSESAAcross 11: Trees burning at military baseALDERSHOTAAcross 12: Cook greeted at Wapping on returnDELIAAAcross 13: Killer's in a dive when after JackKNIFEAAcross 15: A nude told off for revealing lumpsNODULATEDAAcross 18: Fish and chips cooked with lardPILCHARDSAAcross 19: Solar storm testsORALSAAcross 21: Brilliance of a single amethystGLEAMAAcross 23: Dutchman giving shout within?HOLLANDERAAcross 25: Where to wait at the BBC when on air?ANTEROOMSAAcross 26: Bracing air in Ohio districtOZONEAAcross 27: Creature mocked in the soup kitchenTURTLESAAcross 28: The jumper's way of saying "Neigh!"REFUSALDDown 1: A bluebird? No! One in exaltationSKYLARKDDown 2: Hard drudgery could be mild laterTREADMILLDDown 3: Computer used in the Hickstead DerbyADDERDDown 4: He once recruited someone to work for the AgaKITCHENERDDown 5: These letters can appear in paperSHEETDDown 6: A Lima lord battling for this protected speciesARMADILLODDown 7: Alan's manufactured part of helmetNASALDDown 8: A home economist?HUSBANDDDown 14: A helper worried about me only for one day?EPHEMERALDDown 16: Breaker of secret recording failureDISCLOSERDDown 17: The fall of Niobe?TEARDROPSDDown 18: Call for a National Theatre showPAGEANTDDown 20: Dreamlike change in rural SoutheastSURREALDDown 22: An apple taken off a treeEATERDDown 23: Dances round in ringsHOOPSDDown 24: A fool switched to coldALOOF