The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 13th April 2005 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 13th April 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Blocks half of loch, having unfortunately sunkCHUNKSAAcross 4: Reinforce rise in price of steakBEEF UPAAcross 9: A beer and cold Guinness?ALECAAcross 10: "Noah's out" (modern dance) - okay!NOHARMDONEAAcross 11: Bergman seen here?INGRIDAAcross 12: Operate reciprocally with Virgin Queen insideINTERACTAAcross 13: Inform a friend?CLASSMATEAAcross 15: Last year's ailmentSTYEAAcross 16: Sell when game to come backFLOGAAcross 17: Nurse endlessly transmits to mobile receiversCARRADIOSAAcross 21: He engineered changes in telephone boxesSUPERMANAAcross 22: Non-drinker keeps fit with this pillTABLETAAcross 24: He's fractionally not quite inside, we hearTWELFTHMANAAcross 25: It helps to keep the rotor turning, as chopper hovers over Laotian capitalAXLEAAcross 26: Ready to move outside, first of nominees kept on chattingYARNEDAAcross 27: Student gets suitable work via computerLAPTOPDDown 1: End of food chain taking on the Spanish officer?COLONELDDown 2: Cruel twist, a source of painULCERDDown 3: Sovereign state puts family first, God out and men lastKINGDOMDDown 5: Mistakes made by deserter in timeERRATADDown 6: FBI agent appraised after English formed an allianceFEDERATEDDDown 7: Piper suffering from flamboyance?PANACHEDDown 8: Bounty man to choose what's needed for a baptismCHRISTIAN NAMEDDown 14: He clears the way while getting over shell shockSHOVELLERDDown 16: Quadripartite key to the Guardian's style?FOURWAYDDown 18: Rubbish reportedly beneath bandstandROTUNDADDown 19: Where table napkin is placed to extend beyond the edgeOVERLAPDDown 20: Creator of Andy Capp's a legend in one corner of EnglandSMYTHEDDown 23: Leaf taken from shortened male version of "Sister Act"?BRACT