The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 9th April 2004 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 9th April 2004. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Morning call from sailor about satisfactory return to portYOKOHAMAAAcross 9: Get duck from run-out produced by sudden change of mindU-TURNAAcross 10: River of Tyne and Tees?NENEAAcross 11: This is lucky when 4 foiledCLOVERLEAFAAcross 12: Naked bodies in untidy messNUDITYAAcross 14: Small prick for small crumpetSPIKELETAAcross 15: 10 from Exeter is brewing most rumEERIESTAAcross 17: Oriental island maintaining English languageBENGALIAAcross 20: Soup's right in mid-monthJULIENNEAAcross 22: A book receiving hot receptionAT HOMEAAcross 23: Sharp bit of vision would score 2 for HendryYELLOW SPOTAAcross 24: One born time after time when hatchingTINTAAcross 25: Alice's display of gutsILEACAAcross 26: Under which swagman was said to be less hot by watering holeCOOLABAHDDown 1: Desired by the subjugated in-lawHOME RULEDDown 2: An old sauce?A-ONEDDown 3: Quilt work would be so sporadicPATCHYDDown 4: Brave child?PAPOOSEDDown 5: Prepare city with university in elevating seasonYULETIDEDDown 6: All the way down to hell and flung away when love's lostFULL-LENGTHDDown 7: Where Parisian fish are said to be dottyINSANEDDown 13: Endorsed in lettersINITIALLEDDDown 16: Course of fast foodSANDWICHDDown 18: French paper almost rating flatfishLEMONDABDDown 19: It's commanded by waving sceptreRESPECTDDown 21: Spore producers of flower needing a hand upUREDIADDown 22: One creating gold gets most of the goldAUTHORDDown 24: People without hairgripsTHAI