The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 23rd April 2007 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 23rd April 2007. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Drink with meal on jetBLACK TEAAAcross 9: Apart from Spanish white wine, mostly French white wineBARSACAAcross 10: Part-time medic's alter egoHYDEAAcross 11: Study poem returned by poet's girlfriendCONFIDANTEAAcross 12: Tribesman, cunning and irritating personGADFLYAAcross 14: Fruit and fish on quay (or second fish)SHADDOCKAAcross 15: Observing in no-man's-land, thus revealing what can be found here (above and below)READINGAAcross 17: See 15BETWEENAAcross 20: See 15THELINESAAcross 22: Thin slice of meat less well consideredRASHERAAcross 23: One who composed mass about an island's religious practiceBRAHMANISMAAcross 24: Alliance of states taking boundary area backAXISAAcross 25: Alpine characters shifted from mountainous regionNEPALIAAcross 26: Number of political leaders won't admit embracing Conservative inclinationTENDENCYDDown 1: Special pal you primarily had on team, perhapsPLAYMATEDDown 2: Suffer thus in test for container of 8ACHEDDown 3: Carrier of note, in a way unpleasantSTICKYDDown 4: Finish up splitting fish of rotten qualityBADNESSDDown 5: Waive a rule, ie bad act that needs changingABDICATEDDown 6: Stoppages slow down vehicles, we hear, on hillsBREAKDOWNSDDown 7: Somewhat romantically, predicting the futureMANTICDDown 13: Ornamentation on bow or top of violinFIDDLEHEADDDown 16: It's not simple aboard, inside cabins at seaNONBASICDDown 18: Part of telescope I reportedly mounted on castle, for exampleEYEPIECEDDown 19: Provides help as stupid creature is crossing streetASSISTSDDown 21: Messenger hidden by other messengersHERMESDDown 22: Run round a lot as a nomadROMANYDDown 24: Artist endlessly climbing over the hillAGED