The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 13th April 2006 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 13th April 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Remark also born in, perhaps, piglet's style of fightingSWORDANDBUCKLERAAcross 9: Plate over to have life in securityDEBENTUREAAcross 10: Trinket to provide protection after extremes of temperatureCHARMAAcross 11: Without lustre, love curtailed one giving the coup de graceMATADORAAcross 12: One giving broadcast of tornadoDONATORAAcross 13: Suitable accommodationAPTAAcross 14: In ways, I'm opponent of an original ideaSEMINALAAcross 17: Used to bale out of one's headHAYWIREAAcross 19: Pine for one to break up talkCONIFERAAcross 22: Train to have wheels in centreCORTEGEAAcross 24: Like hardwoodASHAAcross 25: Enthusiastic about it including king's short prayerINTROITAAcross 26: No right to suffer transport nightmareINCUBUSAAcross 28: Element containing live materialTAMINAAcross 29: Copy traveller's tale about animalREPLICATEAAcross 30: At the same time as someone up at corn circlesCONTEMPORANEOUSDDown 1: Perversely pleased to do as one is done by?SADOMASOCHISTICDDown 2: Circle right part?ORBITDDown 3: Feature of desert noise in the AntipodesDUNEDINDDown 4: The first interruption of central system is not distinctNEUTRALDDown 5: Range of faint breeze over dayBREADTHDDown 6: Bowman most likely to be cheeky about Tyneside?COCKNEYDDown 7: Silliest in any caseLEASTWISEDDown 8: Implacability about small piece on letterheadREMORSELESSNESSDDown 15: Tiny Tim's irregularMINUTEMANDDown 16: One without return?ACEDDown 18: Gone by seagoing linerAGODDown 20: Partly condensed liquid measure to go with agitated motionFLOUNCEDDown 21: Some pitch up for catching a pestRATTRAPDDown 22: Maybe sculptor is cheerfulCHIPPERDDown 23: Disturbance in court?RUCTIONDDown 27: Live on an old junketBEANO