The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 16th April 2009 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 16th April 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Have as one's immediate superior in dreadful wars, noteANSWERTOAAcross 9: It helps with inflation as controlling device when issuing noteVALVEAAcross 10: Make an entry that excludes me as alternative to noteCOINAAcross 11: Also included in 3,000 euro when converted, noteMEMORANDUMAAcross 12: Where one can lose a lot of money in Caracas, I noteCASINOAAcross 14: Very young people composing unusually sane noteNEONATESAAcross 15: Foreign correspondents, perhaps, enclose a line in addition to notePENPALSAAcross 17: Unfaithful wife seen in food shop, noteDELILAHAAcross 20: Self-righteous type damaged harp, I notePHARISEEAAcross 22: Royalty on volume for playwright of notePINTERAAcross 23: Like a serious crime, bad as ours, noteTREASONOUSAAcross 24: Amusing person in house with contents of noteHOOTAAcross 25: Section of concerto historically, noteONCERAAcross 26: Gave promotion to Edward, following noteBREVETEDDDown 1: An uncooperative response to art patron, noteANNOTATEDDown 2: Pen, for example, initially used by student writing awful noteSWANDDown 3: An odd situation in plant, noteARUMDODDown 4: Maiden with chaps in bed, noteCOMMENTDDown 5: Subtle quality in finished counterfeit noteOVERTONEDDown 6: Making more extensive disorder in gaol, noteELONGATIONDDown 7: General opinion of unusually pure noteREPUTEDDown 13: Part with income that's redistributed, noteIMPORTANCEDDown 16: They rope in scientific equipment when concealing noteLASSOERSDDown 18: Solvents revealed by experts holding up noteACETONESDDown 19: Safe place in state of uncertainty, as covered by noteREDOUBTDDown 21: Distress often associated with what's spelt backwards in note?HARROWDDown 22: Advertisement offering job to person depicted on notePOSTERDDown 24: It's kept in by the editor, noteHEED