The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 21st April 2005 There are 14 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 21st April 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 5: Russian composer's relationship in a stateGLINKAAAcross 6: Polish composer's cold invitation to hitchhikerCHOPINAAcross 9: Reliable and right to take into considerationSTURDYAAcross 10: Subtlety, obvious oneOVERTONEAAcross 11: See 21CAGEAAcross 12: Say English composer never existed as iconic figureDELIASMITHAAcross 13: Say Austrian composer, believer with something to playHIDE-AND-SEEKAAcross 18: Say German composer sounds sheepish in part of cycleHANDLE-BARSAAcross 18: Say German composer sounds sheepish in part of cycleHANDLEBARSAAcross 21: Say English composer meets American composer in walk through LondonBIRDAAcross 22: Has American composer passed round new book?INVOLVESAAcross 23: Benefit to be rejected within month, gutted, showing strainMELODYAAcross 24: Retreat, retiring to a place in Venice (with 17)RIALTOAAcross 25: French-American composer gripped by comeback of Chinese "Ravel"VARESEDDown 1: Democratic leader, national leader onceDISRAELIDDown 2: "Gossip" about to enter dictionary, approvedOKAYEDDDown 3: Animals, those with a sting, we hearCHEETAHSDDown 4: Vile stuff entered into problemSPUTUMDDown 5: Sweet drink in ancient European region, unfinishedGATEAUDDown 7: Figure in the negative side raised to get anotherNINETYDDown 8: Sauce in salad tossed into jamHOLLANDAISEDDown 14: Five, moved in worship, weakenENERVATEDDown 15: Mummy is admitting this compiler to bedlam (mad)EMBALMEDDDown 16: German composer's English uprising dividing what divided us?WAGNERDDown 17: English composer's violin partBRIDGEDDown 19: Czech composer's against duck being victim of cannibalism? Not entirelyDVORAKDDown 20: Boy on one vessel or anotherSAMPAN