The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 4th May 2004 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 4th May 2004. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Ape eats small reptile and big, reflecting bigger worldMICROCOSMICAAcross 9: Turn right in 5, being surreptitiousFURTIVEAAcross 10: Is Scotland's heart in the national emblem?THISTLEAAcross 11: New World features in new Carmen aria right awayAMERICANAAAcross 12: Czarist's heart goes out to assisted scholarSIZARAAcross 13: Take time for fadRAGEAAcross 14: Sense of guilt once scenic redevelopment occursCONSCIENCEAAcross 16: Proportion of the aristocracy losing energy and receiving moneyPERCENTAGEAAcross 19: A lot of old money for a missileSCUDAAcross 21: About to repeat operation in faithCREDOAAcross 22: Count on friends being seriousPALSGRAVEAAcross 24: Take no action about multinational that's open to the publicLAICIZEAAcross 25: For example: less than honest statements about drink that isn't large?LITOTESAAcross 26: Fat French consumer, a chirpy characterGRASSHOPPERDDown 1: Get confused by playwright in assessing growing businessMARKET GARDENINGDDown 2: Cuisine's hotter if lots is initially appliedCHILIDDown 3: Mineral to go round an aromatic plantOREGANODDown 4: Bans spouse's family? Quite the contrary!OUTLAWSDDown 5: Post held in South Africa, once a principal means of propulsionMAINSAILDDown 6: "Religious instruction in state" - Czech Republic's leader makes a promise to the peopleCITIZENSCHARTERDDown 7: A pretty female involved in scandalAFFAIRDDown 8: Order many soldiers into the riverDECREEDDown 15: Look back into unfinished class of sweetSEMOLINADDown 16: Preserve from an embarrassing situationPICKLEDDown 17: Half-exposed, like Ilium's towersTOPLESSDDown 18: Astronomer, one in ship mostlyGALILEODDown 20: Padre's syllogism is somewhat ostentatiousDRESSYDDown 23: Rise in costumeGET UPDDown 23: Rise in costumeGETUP