The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 19th April 2005 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 19th April 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Hurry away after second snubBRUSH-OFFAAcross 1: Hurry away after second snubBRUSHOFFAAcross 5: Spoil test with rodentMARMOTAAcross 9: What one winds up withLAST WORDAAcross 10: Woman will make termly adjustmentsMYRTLEAAcross 11: Shed too much in cloudy conditionsOVERCASTAAcross 12: Tea ladies initially interrupted by exercises in place of worshipCHAPELAAcross 14: Wholesome girl, you said, with vivacity - American?SALUBRIOUSAAcross 18: Snail, with flower circle, quietly accepted by deityGASTEROPODAAcross 22: River bugs in forcePOLICEAAcross 23: Learned a lot of rubbish about timeLITERATEAAcross 24: Time-honoured substitute for gaoledAGE-OLDAAcross 25: Musical composition by fat AsianFANTASIAAAcross 26: Irksome knotting around riverTRYINGAAcross 27: A chancy entertainerSTUNT MANAAcross 27: A chancy entertainerSTUNTMANDDown 1: Carrying voice of a writerBELLOWDDown 2: Replaced result in topcoatULSTERDDown 3: Coming from such a wicked place north of the borderHAWICKDDown 4: Herald gives warning of followerFORESHADOWDDown 6: Unspecified - a city west of this placeANYWHEREDDown 7: Homer with apt effect in figure of speechMETAPHORDDown 8: Barren girl taken out of danceTREELESSDDown 13: DIY learner in car committed the deedAUTODIDACTDDown 15: Vegetable as Easter offering? It's a frame-upEGGPLANTDDown 16: An afterthought: change last noisy old instrumentPSALTERYDDown 17: Drug may cause stumbling in camelsMESCALINDDown 19: Number Ten about to be occupied by Whitehead, the scientist?NEWTONDDown 20: Dutchman's to order a cabHANSOMDDown 21: Employ alien in the fallRETAIN