The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 28th April 2008 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 28th April 2008. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Take me back, Master, and provide some reliefEMBOSSAAcross 4: Virginia cannot 9VACANTAAcross 9: How to address the writer ready to do business?OPENAAcross 10: Gate 1B has the French 9ACCESSIBLEAAcross 11: 9, a contender, ate outCANDIDAAcross 12: 9 old boy returning at Captain Bligh's smallest command?OPENBOATAAcross 13: I must be replaced by you, say, in clever 9INGENUOUSAAcross 15: 9 obtained at no costFREEAAcross 16: 9 discovered at sundownUNDOAAcross 17: With fools at the crease, spinners start to become hit menASSASSINSAAcross 21: Beer during flight, a problem for asthmatics?STALEAIRAAcross 22: Look around - the wretch is safeSECUREAAcross 24: One out for pleasure, but not after darkDAYTRIPPERAAcross 25: 9 in a bottleAJARAAcross 26: Makes an attempt, but has not finished puddingHASAGOAAcross 27: 9 is invalid without onePATENTDDown 1: Set out for former flatEXPLAINDDown 2: Getting on in bed - strengthened naturallyBONEDDDown 3: Spanish also taking gold from Berlin prisonSPANDAUDDown 5: A state upset about responseANSWERDDown 6: A police department is on fire with painful consequencesACIDBURNSDDown 7: Up-to-date cultivation of the soil?TILLAGEDDown 8: After a month work with bands, making stretchable ropes to secure gearOCTOPUSSTRAPSDDown 14: Destroyed north pedestal is reduced to flat structuresENDPLATESDDown 16: Cancel instruction given - can't he change after the turn?UNTEAGHDDown 18: Gore leaves one country for anotherAUSTRIADDown 19: Old direction given by out-of-order senatorNOR'-EASTDDown 20: 9 from Georgia with a sharp, high-pitched soundGAPINGDDown 23: Derrick ran into churchCRANE