The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 18th April 2012 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 18th April 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Country where God has executed priest?PANAMAAAcross 4: Audio equipment taking call from gambler, being on another planetHEADSETAAcross 9: After conversion, a metric ton dropping to give, initially, a much smaller unit?CENTIGRAMAAcross 10: Drinker on drugs, recoveredTOPERAAcross 11: Enthusiastic about bracketing beginning of Renaissance as early musicINTROAAcross 12: Principal in hospital showing diagramsBARCHARTSAAcross 13: Leave old hat in the grassHOLIDAYAAcross 15: Strong, like seafood, we hear?MUSCLYAAcross 17: Looker more drunk, it's said, in southwest EuropeIBERIAAAcross 19: Square existent, almost roundSIXTEENAAcross 22: Granny worn out, we hear? No!AFRAIDNOTAAcross 24: Sauce bore olives, for a startPESTOAAcross 26: See 3BRIDEAAcross 27: Miliband completely out of it, they say, not expected to recoverSTONE-DEADAAcross 28: Too much to wrap a carpetOVERLAYAAcross 29: Moist, like seafood?CLAMMYDDown 1: Hungry, like Gregory?PECKISHDDown 2: Group seeing potential disaster for the human cannonball?NONETDDown 3: Desperate individual married with older bloke, principally?MAIL ORDERDDown 4: Pedestrian has drone to beatHUMDRUMDDown 5: One of Hugh's extremities given a tickleAITCHDDown 6: Criminal rues leg up, discovering maximum security product?SUPERGLUEDDown 7: Refuse to accept hard to beatTHRASHDDown 8: Cross, like seafood?CRABBYDDown 14: Party queen can start to enjoy being a womaniserLIBERTINEDDown 16: It ups record on peace in mark of approvalSEX APPEALDDown 18: Pen underlining wrong name, granting forgivenessAMNESTYDDown 19: It gets caught in storm every so often — that's supposed to be funny?SITCOMDDown 20: Commercial number to divide that coming up as twelveNOONDAYDDown 21: Chinese shoots tail off deer with two roundsBAMBOODDown 23: Perfect fool's last hypothesis over the topIDEALDDown 25: Given sheikhdom's capital, Manchester City, say, demonstrating powerSTEAM