The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 16th April 2010 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 16th April 2010. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Female author put in state by sound of wild animalVIRGINIAAAcross 9: See 8WOOLFAAcross 10: Forster, initially, getting this writer's award in USEMMYAAcross 11: Bug improperly put here, concealed in hatTREEHOPPERAAcross 12: Small and fat, or short and thickSTUBBYAAcross 14: See 21STRACHEYAAcross 15: Book private accommodationAROOMOFAAcross 17: Upholders of glass ceiling are on boardSEXISTSAAcross 20: Lighten a bit with mild change in broadcastSLIM DOWNAAcross 20: Lighten a bit with mild change in broadcastSLIMDOWNAAcross 22: Economist drawing conclusion from crucial pointKEYNESAAcross 23: A bit less wobbly, having installed one? RightSTABILISERAAcross 24: Equine sound of horse crossing riverBRAYAAcross 25: Fairytale creatures feared among progressivesOGRESAAcross 26: Short book finally is placed in regular publicationsWEEKLIESDDown 1: The writer's interrupting to stop boreDIAMETERDDown 2: Morally repugnant and far from fairUGLYDDown 3: Difficult piece of work? Not typicallyKNOTTYDDown 4: See an unfinished composition and call artistVANESSADDown 5: Kind of race suitable for some Citroens?TWOHORSEDDown 6: Without hardship, accepting agreement I tightly put togetherCOMPACTIFYDDown 7: Affected FT, with second part changedEFFETEDDown 13: Flowers put in ground in museum areaBLOOMSBURYDDown 16: Old roses oddly lacking in scent in New YorkODORLESSDDown 18: Experimental work showing alternative source of energyTHEWAVESDDown 19: See 15ONESOWNDDown 21: Somehow try and act honestly as biographerLYTTONDDown 22: Part of ship cut by navy in centreKERNELDDown 24: See 4BELL