The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 3rd April 2009 There are 28 across clues and 35 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 3rd April 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Fudge pie's the target? Fantastic food supplier ...SPAGHETTIAAcross 9: Continuous growth about a soldier in battleACCRETIONAAcross 10: ... had 1/4 of dollar pie sent round!APRILAAcross 10: Contents to find exemplified in booksINDEXAAcross 11: First down oddly bags last of the tricksRUSESAAcross 11: Die knowing how to stand upENDWISEAAcross 12: It's normal to say filthy stuff about bird in 6 27, we hearPARTRIDGEAAcross 12: Quaver, a bit of music included by singerTREMBLEAAcross 13: King Henry appears in stage directionsSTEPHENAAcross 13: They have no problem with inflationPUMPSAAcross 14: Queen in gin palace, masquerading as 19 across 19 down's leaderGENERALAAcross 14: TV entertainment, therefore, a time to include contemporary soundSOAP OPERAAAcross 16: Credit every consignment to satisfy authorityTICKALLTHEBOXESAAcross 17: State capital for part of 19 across 19 downUPPERAAcross 19: King featuring in naff series about republicSANAAcross 19: Host at a celebrationHOLYBREADAAcross 20: Frenchman initially wanted to start againRENEWAAcross 21: New nurse keeps working to get one off drugsNONUSERAAcross 21: Motoring started in America, but gets lessMINUSAAcross 22: More concise instructions to retreating troopsBRIEFERAAcross 22: Go with the French air force initially, having a clean sheetFLYLEAFAAcross 23: Element of one in GreatsLITHIUMAAcross 24: Wasted away as a left back at Hyde, sayATROPHIEDAAcross 24: Blunt speech in old currencyFRANCAAcross 25: One's point is not usually clearSAFETY PINAAcross 26: Call model instead of hospital porter?STOUTAAcross 28: Ape caught by FrenchwomanMIMICAAcross 29: French department with some berets in? I flew roundFINISTEREDDown 1: Guardian leaders in series ridiculing former unionUSSRDDown 1: Spiel includes point in sprinkling chips with saltSALES PITCHDDown 2: See 16 and 17CAISSEDDown 2: Scholarly account of Moore in current situationACADEMICDDown 3: Element of matchmaking in dreadfully posh shop outside RugbyPHOSPHORUSDDown 3: There's something negligent about a girlREMISSDDown 4: Put one's foot down to squash landlord's stipulation? It's liftedSTEP ONDDown 4: Plot said to make senseSITEDDown 5: New ringtone's a gas!NITROGENDDown 5: A wild cat hunted around aloneUNATTACHEDDDown 6: Hand in piano tunePAIRDDown 6: Throw out rising pong — with doctor it could go offTIME BOMBDDown 6: Throw out rising pong — with doctor it could go offTIMEBOMBDDown 7: Soldier half-buried in road above club's football fieldGRIDIRONDDown 7: Cook belied the quality of her effortsEDIBLEDDown 8: What you have here is no party gameCLUEDDown 8: Shaft unknown in drinkAXLEDDown 13: London team's winger replaced by northern rejectSPURNDDown 14: Long John Dory?SILVERFISHDDown 15: Distractedly scan Iris, Sun model? Mirror fan, probablyNARCISSISTDDown 15: Calculation about men's assets?ASSESSMENTDDown 16: Part of 19 across 19 down lacking capital, reportedlyLOWERDDown 17: Unexpectedly came over well in French surroundingsAMBIENCEDDown 18: Where 9 was "harvested" by soldiers in republicPANORAMADDown 18: Scold gets cross, opposed to Modern GreatsXANTIPPEDDown 19: See 19 acrossSERRIFFEDDown 20: Went to bed with chap, though not a proLAYMANDDown 21: With stomach upset, took refreshment to effect a changeMUTATEDDown 22: Blood count is taken regularly in 19 across 19 down. Capital!BODONIDDown 22: Instrument — should it be in iron?FIFEDDown 23: See 10FOOLEDDDown 23: Many frequent the atticLOFTDDown 24: A large number on doctor's round?AMMODDown 25: See 14PICADDown 27: See 9TREE