The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 29th April 2010 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 29th April 2010. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Supporting front of tarpaulin, gets filthy stick outPROTRUDEAAcross 9: Girl looking at something saucySALADAAcross 10: Move quickly, bringing first of contraband into the south of FranceSCUDAAcross 11: Within such, the madness of maniac fits?FANATICISMAAcross 12: Dog's coatAFGHANAAcross 14: See 9DRESSINGAAcross 15: Old joke starts to get embarrassing, so deleteEXPUNGEAAcross 17: Spray a painful back with cold contentsAEROSOLAAcross 20: Right to enter claim with name which provokes a reactionALLERGENAAcross 22: Imagine holding pose, showing boxBASKETAAcross 23: What the very thin girl eats — to get fat?EVERYTHINGAAcross 24: Patient's chestCASEAAcross 25: While hidden, shoot birdSNIPEAAcross 26: Note on flier, inconsequential communicationCHIT-CHATAAcross 26: Note on flier, inconsequential communicationCHITCHATDDown 1: Cross about mongrel showing up, if one must get crossCRUCIFIXDDown 2: Boss taking the cake, as man on Muscle Beach?STUDDDown 3: See 2MUFFINDDown 4: Important to retain office, standing under new US presidentKENNEDYDDown 5: Sweatier pants, so to speakAS IT WEREDDown 6: Primarily baker can't cook, perhaps, where accidents waiting to happen?BLACKSPOTSDDown 7: Inventive mind is working under Rusbridger, sayEDISONDDown 13: Purpose in very warm weather to ensure no squatting indoors?HOUSE-TRAINDDown 16: Giant character decapitated ambitious typeGO-GETTERDDown 18: Old poem, like "Far Away"?OVERSEASDDown 19: Turkish city drifting to ChinaANTIOCHDDown 21: Sumptuous, like a throne room?LAVISHDDown 22: In which old prostitutes going about upside-down clinchesBAGNIODDown 24: Tilt item with hands, dropping leftCOCK