The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 29th April 2009 There are 13 across clues and 19 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 29th April 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Underactive German worker is no longer neededREDUNDANTAAcross 10: Sucker said to draw out soluble elementsLEACHAAcross 11: Intending to have base in Guatemala, initiallyMEANINGAAcross 12: Plot also included military unitPLATOONAAcross 13: Burning back, if in timeAFIREAAcross 14: White stone produced by a research area bloomerALABASTERAAcross 16: As Kevin Pietersen came down the pavilion steps and breathed out very anxiouslyWITHBATEDBREATHAAcross 19: Recorder less often coming back around the pointREGISTRARAAcross 21: French article has included the once Forbidden CityLHASAAAcross 22: Car's smash hit?TRIUMPHAAcross 23: Gives permission after giving back bat and padsTABLETSAAcross 24: Bilko ran off, holding the holy bookKORANAAcross 25: Six helping after buildings start shakingVIBRATIONDDown 1: Wrongdoing revealed by Sadat in an earlier conflictCRIMEAN WARDDown 2: Visionary gives thought to the catalogueIDEALISTDDown 3: Herb has to finish — I've to followENDIVEDDown 4: Pack ship's entrance way offGANGDDown 5: Spelt out, calculator presents means of getting a riseSTEP LADDERDDown 5: Spelt out, calculator presents means of getting a riseSTEPLADDERDDown 6: Alec and I ran about in pollution-free conditionsCLEANAIRDDown 7: Gar used in the stew?RAGOUTDDown 8: Feature one gone missing in an Asian countryCH'INDDown 8: Feature one gone missing in an Asian countryCHINDDown 14: Following dessert, have something the menfolk favourAFTER-SHAVEDDown 14: Following dessert, have something the menfolk favourAFTERSHAVEDDown 15: Listen in! Amazing singer's practisingREHEARSINGDDown 17: Same variation seen in curved lower storyBASEMENTDDown 18: Bill made out one Conservative to be a scholarly fellowACADEMICDDown 20: It's injurious to health and it's found in bloodGOITREDDown 21: National party — any change could finish itLIBYANDDown 22: Accept English recipeTAKEDDown 23: Something found after test in the London UndergroundTUBE