The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 21st April 2009 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 21st April 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Step outside a lot of rich peoplePOPULACEAAcross 5: Pitiful affair of the quiet musketeerPATHOSAAcross 9: Remove my blindfold for a considerationLETMESEEAAcross 10: More work for adults covered by posh headgearUTOPIAAAcross 12: Trainer retaining Piggott — non-starter — one doesn't want too much of thisCHOLESTEROLAAcross 15: Cantonese?SWISSAAcross 17: To give radical treatment maybe I should abandon our proteinROOTPRUNEAAcross 18: Worker working on musical show nearly backed anotherOPERATIVEAAcross 19: Vision may be jollySIGHTAAcross 20: Being no crank, I need no one else to get me goingSELF-STARTERAAcross 24: There's never anything fresh in the systemONE-WAYAAcross 25: Fine work horse reportedly European without monarchFILIGREEAAcross 26: There's poor RodneyYONDERAAcross 27: China also dropped by 22 23WEDGWOODDDown 1: Warning of accident — hence time taken to catch criminals?POLICESLOWDDown 2: Condescended to, not praised, maybe as Johnson by 4PATRONISEDDDown 3: Feudal superior for Walloons?LIEGEDDown 4: 8 that was 22 23'sCHESTERFIELDDDown 6: Hill dweller runs away to Bucks, perhapsANTELOPESDDown 7: Expect to follow boy in 16 for 4's nameHOPEDDown 8: How one is on a horse determines the throneSEATDDown 11: 4 feature forms piersCROOKEDSPIREDDown 13: Piece of comedy could be a riot in new groupPURGATORIODDown 14: L for your address and phone number?LETTERHEADDDown 16: Awful snag in politics, so 22 23 gave it upSTANSGATEDDown 21: Flying is dreadfulAWINGDDown 22: Spooner's Napoleon X, now a political institutionTONYDDown 23: See 22BENN