The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 7th April 2004 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 7th April 2004. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Question for our time? Right! Time to name song at No 1 in the '40sQUADRAGENARIANAAcross 8: Awkward number not starting exercisesINEPTAAcross 9: Salesman with je ne sais quoi after a month is worn outDECREPITAAcross 11: Electra cast as a tart?TREACLEAAcross 12: Grave old lady half gone on fundraiserTOMBOLAAAcross 13: Reel of rejected fingerprintsSPOOLAAcross 15: Equip with oil power to activate slide, I seeDIESELISEAAcross 17: Onions first eaten by prince in bed on boardESCHALOTSAAcross 20: Nymph in ironic posterDRYADAAcross 21: Church keeps lists free from impuritiesCLEANSEAAcross 23: One-night stand with heartless girl points to something that may be catchingGIGGLESAAcross 25: Disconnected notes coming from old censor following jazzmen aboutSTACCATOAAcross 26: Ignoring every other aim, sing to a friendAMIGOAAcross 27: One has ice cream served for savouryMACARONICHEESEDDown 1: Vital part of fruit production outside model town in GermanyQUINTESSENCEDDown 2: The Third Man, last of three by treeABELEDDown 3: Strange tale, relic of old Italian laceRETICELLADDown 4: To follow up with broadcast is a boonGODSENDDDown 5: Hundred thousand taken in after tax, that's characteristic of a smart outfitNECKTIEDDown 6: Cold in space, we're toldRHEUMDDown 7: Timon, I say, is disposed to hateANIMOSITYDDown 10: A cabbage, I do need room to view the ever-changing sceneKALEIDOSCOPEDDown 14: Many players may be found in the porch, estrangedORCHESTRADDown 16: Drawing copied on this: note one animal man left outEIDOGRAPHDDown 18: It enhances the flavour of duck - a daughter of Lear would have noneOREGANODDown 19: Press soldiers to be upstanding gentlemen in ItalySIGNORIDDown 22: Greek character is taken to tea by the scruff of the neckNUCHADDown 24: Learning about one French riverLOIRE