The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 25th April 2005 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 25th April 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: State supportMAINTAINAAcross 9: Puzzle resolved in gameENIGMAAAcross 10: Putting the head in charge is fairFETEAAcross 11: Delivered half a dozen balls - knocked for sixBOWLEDOVERAAcross 12: Last resting places for wineGRAVESAAcross 14: Used rail transport and leftRESIDUALAAcross 15: Did he love to swim? Quite the oppositeLEANDERAAcross 17: She's quite happy to show her bloomersFLORISTAAcross 20: Faulty hearing of one caught by nasty blowMISTRIALAAcross 22: A successful one wants a lot more than his rivalsBIDDERAAcross 23: 50% off?HALFASLEEPAAcross 24: Current male desireACHEAAcross 25: Group going round an evil gambling denCASINOAAcross 26: Their depredations affect stockholdersRUSTLERSDDown 1: Happy-go-lucky benefit of the welfare stateCAREFREEDDown 2: Supporter of proposalKNEEDDown 3: They're poisonous, so mother's getting a doctor inMAMBASDDown 4: Rawness can produce wrong onesANSWERSDDown 5: Defeat makes no difference to mum or dadREVERSALDDown 6: In distress, daughter is told what she must doDISORDEREDDDown 7: It's a simple thing to multiply by dividingAMOEBADDown 13: Novel having pride without prejudice?VANITY FAIRDDown 16: Sending out East on a jobEMISSIONDDown 18: Pieman associated with a crookSHEPHERDDDown 19: Almost declare, with runs at Oval briskly scoredALLEGRODDown 21: Prophet is first-class when given a head startISAIAHDDown 22: Avoid surgeryBYPASSDDown 24: Student breaks tool making a spindleAXLE