The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 25th April 2006 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 25th April 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Does without police department in crucial encounterDECIDERAAcross 5: The jumper in the turret?TANK TOPAAcross 9: "Cape Fear", in cinemas, had umpteen openingsFICHUAAcross 10: Many guests, having dropped Ecstasy, developed eye problemNYSTAGMUSAAcross 11: Theologian wearing slipper and cape is a numbskullMUDDLEHEADAAcross 12: Ruler's quiet sigh of reliefSHAHAAcross 14: Vegetable membrane on Bell's creation (the telephone)? Not initiallyCAULIFLOWERAAcross 18: It's God's own work to keep mine from cracklingCREPITATIONAAcross 21: Jones's partner concealing heroin in boatDHOWAAcross 22: Showing what's wrong with "Giant Disco" remixDIAGNOSTICAAcross 25: Conned into deal to procure drugMETHADONEAAcross 26: Move unexpectedly, taking nothing from the best roomLUNGEAAcross 27: Preserve composition by starCANOPUSAAcross 28: Unaffected by bad behaviour with waxSINCEREDDown 1: Turned Iron Lady outside for slanderDEFAMEDDown 2: One accountant has daughter pinched by another - a chirpy creatureCICADADDown 3: Symptom of middle age providing clue for "toast"?DOUBLE CHINDDown 4: Had control of Switzerland's agricultural establishmentRANCHDDown 5: Maestro Morrison's about to survey islandTOSCANINIDDown 6: Drama involving a boatmanNOAHDDown 7: Cruise, a belligerent sort of missileTOMAHAWKDDown 8: Concession about old letter, or announcement of the most recent ones?POST HORNDDown 13: Lie about receiving German director's directions to Welsh townLLANGOLLENDDown 15: All for sloths maintaining order in reverseUNANIMOUSDDown 16: It's irrelevant to the professional scholarACADEMICDDown 17: Born to plead for super-market to be set upBEGOTTENDDown 19: Position of mystic meeting transmuting energy into timeSTANCEDDown 20: Lincoln welcomes revolutionary novelistACHEBEDDown 23: Good optical instrument from the valleysGLENSDDown 24: Improvise with gold-diggerVAMP