The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 10th April 2008 There are 15 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 10th April 2008. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Sandie dances with male member of bandSIDEMANAAcross 5: Horrified to find a fragment of skull in cremation areaAGHASTAAcross 9: She watches old boy with computerOBSERVERAAcross 10: Harry, Mark and Susie get hurtMISUSEAAcross 12: I pitch a tent abroad without assent, initially causing bad bloodANTIPATHETICAAcross 15: Identification system consists of flag and cipherCOLOURCODEAAcross 17: Hunter occasionally bagged fantastic birdROCAAcross 19: Starts to accelerate reaction, creating a luminous dischargeARCAAcross 20: Theban excavations initially require a tractor to move clayTERRA COTTAAAcross 20: Theban excavations initially require a tractor to move clayTERRACOTTAAAcross 22: Asian adder seen during unseasonal weatherINDIAN SUMMERAAcross 26: Almost too soon after noonNEARLYAAcross 27: Tree lily losing tip of leaf to slugCALABASHAAcross 28: Harold endlessly excited by east Asian cityLAHOREAAcross 29: He studies last letter from Menzies Campbell, perhapsSCANNERDDown 1: Second most important periodSTOPDDown 2: Parties taking hard cashDOSHDDown 3: Pavlova finding energy for one danceMERENGUEDDown 4: Russian's upset about those last birthmarksNAEVIDDown 6: Hermitage is haven for courtesanGEISHADDown 7: Cut a deal? Utter chicanery!ADULTERATEDDown 8: Cut fleece to make garmentTRENCH COATDDown 11: Butcher's a simpletonGANDERDDown 13: Casual affair with boyOCCASIONALDDown 14: Bishop's written on privation, destruction and disease in medieval timesBLACK DEATHDDown 16: VIP junket?CHEESEDDown 18: Maths ace designed diagramsSCHEMATADDown 21: "Moonraker", perhaps, or "The Limey"SAILORDDown 23: Capital manners, we hear!MEANSDDown 24: He sails on northern mountain lakeTARNDDown 25: Overcook fish from mountain lakeCHAR