The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 20th April 2005 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 20th April 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: By some accounts, she rendered martyrdom almost universalMARY TUDORAAcross 6: Fish has a flash of inspirationIDEAAAcross 10: Actor working 9 to 5?NIVENAAcross 11: Second small volume: "Love is a Disease"SCLEROSISAAcross 12: Clown the suspected cause of downfall at Brighton?PIERROTAAcross 13: Publisher and writer putting arm round compilerPENGUINAAcross 14: Collector's tipple - steroid cocktail?LEPIDOPTERISTAAcross 17: Diner in good hands covering academic administrative areaGREATER LONDONAAcross 21: Departed the stage, being offensiveOBSCENEAAcross 22: Unter Den Linden initially contrived to make slow progressTRUNDLEAAcross 24: Banner displaying duchess's home back in Rome, perhapsORIFLAMMEAAcross 25: Signal to take in scholar, one of no fixed abodeNOMADAAcross 26: Appropriate amount recordedTAKEAAcross 27: Spooner's resentful listener is an antisocial characterLITTERBUGDDown 1: Cornered market for magic herb bearing no flowerMONOPOLYDDown 2: Always keeping turn up in sequence of turnsREVUEDDown 3: Whence 7, dull English brigadier initially writes off?TUNBRIDGEWELLSDDown 4: Sat up, binding knight to computerDESKTOPDDown 5: Earns about 50 euros, which is a setbackRELAPSEDDown 7: South wind dropped without resembling correspondent from 3?DISGUSTEDDDown 8: Worker catches disease on leaveABSENTDDown 9: Oratory's lacquering done badlyGRANDILOQUENCEDDown 15: Selection involving East German full of energy, supplier of bouncePOGO STICKDDown 16: Likely loser unfortunately groundedUNDERDOGDDown 18: Current articles about marines written on laptopTHERMALDDown 19: Withdraw upended spud without hesitationRETREATDDown 20: Hooker reportedly in bed with armed bandCOHORTDDown 23: Release from service of French mafia?DEMOB