The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 21st April 2006 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 21st April 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Boy that ran through measureless cavernsRALPHAAcross 4: Orwellian report on summitNEWSPEAKAAcross 8: One pledged to add a scientific location to a Victorian composerTOTALABSTAINERAAcross 10: Original mother and aunt turning left at long lastEVENTUALAAcross 11: Intelligent woman at long last a minister, as missing outSTELLAAAcross 12: Young thing first with certainty to measure a knob of butter?CUBIC INCHAAcross 15: Pole in fur in neighbouring countryMINSKAAcross 17: Saw gun?MAXIMAAcross 18: See 11RIMINGTONAAcross 19: Correction for "take you and I", for example? Pleased with your gift? Get on with it!NOTIMEAAcross 21: In some climates, who classically promotes factiousness?CLIQUISMAAcross 24: See 19LIKETHEPRESENTAAcross 25: Words that get passedSENTENCEAAcross 26: Instructor's mild correction's goldTUTORDDown 1: Digging more ditches for the sake of economy?RETRENCHMENTDDown 2: Say: "Don't stop her entering ring or pillar?"LETTER BOXDDown 2: Say: "Don't stop her entering ring or pillar?"LETTERBOXDDown 3: Composer of "The Entertainer" holding plateHOLSTDDown 4: Aristocrat, one of April's eight, far from rocket scienceNO-BRAINERDDown 5: Question for sound engineerWATTDDown 6: Tom in snap resolution becomes a traffic regulatorPOINTSMANDDown 7: Never mind, there's a little leftAWEELDDown 9: It's fed by saloons on gingerbread tree that's doubly modifiedPARKING METERDDown 13: Extremes of cost, about an arm or a leg, for cheeseCAMEMBERTDDown 14: Limb initially Uriah Heep cooked for his foodHUMBLEPIEDDown 16: Vegetarian food: I'm into payment for what can get from itNUTRIMENTDDown 20: Time for drink in a ball?TWINEDDown 22: Search for start of?QUESTDDown 23: Feet together and don't approach!SHUN