The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 14th April 2005 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 14th April 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Game constructed by snooker player?BRIDGEAAcross 4: Rugby posts create problem, given possible size of field?HECTAREAAcross 9: Something stopped up here?ORGAN LOFTAAcross 10: Element switched on compoundNITREAAcross 11: More artillerymen on leave after Italy surrenderedEXTRAAAcross 12: Tasty besides, mum about to tuck into volumeTOOTHSOMEAAcross 13: Game (not fantastic) put in waste bin finallyPONTOONAAcross 15: Yes, business swallowed up by heavyweight magnateTYCOONAAcross 17: Influenced material on the radioSWAYEDAAcross 19: Staring wildly, excited guy holds head of enchantress under duvet?BUGEYEDAAcross 22: Page in "Paradise Lost" may go missingDISAPPEARAAcross 24: Game has spirit, you might say?RUMMYAAcross 26: Hit horseSMACKAAcross 27: Fail in Irish politics on an end to fighting - new peacemaker appearsKOFIANNANAAcross 28: Stand in very warm place and decrease through heat?ANDIRONAAcross 29: Scrub allowed to burst into flowerDELETEDDown 1: Bacchanalian activity where leak taken in appropriate place, standingBOOZE-UPDDown 2: Bar entered the wrong way round?INGOTDDown 3: Voiced an aversion to spirit, which would explain its inheritance?GENEALOGYDDown 4: Hastily cooked sole etc?HOTFOOTDDown 5: Game about to move slowlyCINCHDDown 6: Love of food, having ditched starter, is looking up?ASTRONOMYDDown 7: City, once safe, blowing topEXETERDDown 8: Game not to cry overBOSTONDDown 14: Where the tabloids, perhaps, find novel way to occupy beachNEWSSTANDDDown 16: Soldier raised in body as possession of Churchill?CIGARCASEDDown 18: Hide flower, one inside anotherDOESKINDDown 19: Blow the whistle on leader of thieves when robbedBEREFTDDown 20: Senior citizen finished, having nicked moneyDOYENNEDDown 21: Port - it's offered after tributesODESSADDown 23: Game given some stick in the Ashes?POKERDDown 25: Game film on television's screenedMONTE