The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 24th April 2006 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 24th April 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Female not just for amusementFUNFAIRAAcross 5: Fish happening to be around becomes obviousEVIDENTAAcross 9: Predict the game's return a month earlierAUGURAAcross 10: Time to request church to provide a working partyTASK FORCEAAcross 11: Repeats the old favourites?TWICETOLDAAcross 12: TALESAAcross 13: Wants to be interviewed back in GermanyNEEDSAAcross 15: Good northern woman caught in wrongdoing by railway workerSIGNALMANAAcross 18: Get rented accommodation for cleanerDETERGENTAAcross 19: Furnish an English witticismEQUIPAAcross 21: Burdened man clutching posterLADENAAcross 23: Duke is taking time about working. Shame!DISHONOURAAcross 25: Sit on the fence if Bill's in house with LawrenceVACILLATEAAcross 26: Effectiveness can make a firm impressionTEETHAAcross 27: Standoffishness put asideRESERVEAAcross 28: Energetic sleuths catch a good few going westDYNAMICDDown 1: Demolish Apt 10FLATTENDDown 2: Careless, but surprisingly gentle in 16NEGLIGENTDDown 3: Gear change takes energy: go along with thatAGREEDDown 4: Turned up with roses, true to formRETROUSSEDDown 5: Relieved when beheading stoppedEASEDDDown 6: Fashionable lot circulating at university to inspire foolish passionINFATUATEDDown 7: Peter rises when Flynn appears on screenERROLDDown 8: Disloyalty evinced by one starTREASONDDown 14: Homicidal maniac, alien about 50STRANGLERDDown 16: Obstacles chap overcomes this time in TynesideGATESHEADDDown 17: Goldfish placed in the old lady's tombMAUSOLEUMDDown 18: Held up accursed releaseDELIVERDDown 20: Right chirpy about such a victory?PYRRHICDDown 22: Oooo! Sweetheart!DUCKSDDown 23: Navigator died a roueDRAKEDDown 24: Scrap over dramatistORTON