The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 7th April 2010 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 7th April 2010. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: No overtaking, perhaps, as horseboxes like to hog lanes in the endROADSIGNAAcross 5: Burn nearly 20 in front of churchSCORCHAAcross 9: Starter of bass in stuff to consume as seafoodCRABMEATAAcross 10: See 3COWELLAAcross 12: Angelina's man's packed in — could he have been indoctrinated?BRAINWASHEDAAcross 15: Tax man after foolTITHEAAcross 17: Cold figure returning to grab last of winter smalls, individuallyNERVELESSAAcross 18: Bit with corset strained from childbirthOBSTETRICAAcross 19: Winter sportsman, English in mini?SKIERAAcross 20: How babes made erotic porn with a bumPROCREATIONAAcross 24: A load of wine on credit, which is necked?CRAVATAAcross 25: Short day needed to collect pound, among one copper — or more?TUPPENCEAAcross 26: Sound of two swallows partingBYE-BYEAAcross 27: Dentist finally going in to identify pain that's most sharpSTEEPESTDDown 1: Low point to shake that booty!ROCK-BOTTOMDDown 2: Dreadful stain baby's left by tap — there's no baby-wetter!ANABAPTISTDDown 3: Observation of mating bull in market as judge of talentSIMONDDown 4: Playwright after amateur actor in relative, no straight manGRAHAMNORTONDDown 6: Clear middle note, as piano is to pianoforte?CLOUDLESSDDown 7: One can't take off part of cylinder headRHEADDown 8: See 23HOLEDDown 11: Current problem, revolutio?SHORT-CIRCUITDDown 13: Give jellied eels in riceRESILIENCEDDown 14: A cord with net designed to be toughASTRINGENTDDown 16: Bloody woman holding heads of people and lowering beneath river, perfectEXEMPLARYDDown 21: Fruit tree polled containing pea, sayAPPLEDDown 22: Insultingly, one declining to earn a crust?SCABDDown 23: Bar opening trapCAKE