The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 25th April 2012 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 25th April 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: It's done with meal to pour out a drinkLEMONADEAAcross 5: Row of America with old English parliamentRUMPUSAAcross 9: Rave-up — and it's none too soonHIGH TIMEAAcross 10: One watches violent arrestSTARERAAcross 11: Reserved? It's back in not long agoRETICENTAAcross 12: Twister puts back time in winterTWINERAAcross 14: Tory manifestos for reluctant joiners?CONSCRIPTSAAcross 18: House title conformed to its outline?SILHOUETTEAAcross 22: Beasts of burden — about time to discover their worthASSETSAAcross 23: Retreating with weapons over a long time in GuyanaDEMERARAAAcross 24: Taint, ectually!INFECTAAcross 25: Squeal about sham dealing — that's jolly goodSMASHINGAAcross 26: Very much like some religious — be silentRELISHAAcross 27: Hourglass?OLD-TIMERAAcross 27: Hourglass?OLDTIMERDDown 1: City prostitute lost head going to a city elsewhereLAHOREDDown 2: Powerful hit gym exerciseMIGHTYDDown 3: Mark books in European cityNOTICEDDown 4: Lothario, or Spooner's solesDEMONLOVERDDown 6: Where awkward types may be taken in hospital?UNTOWARDDDown 7: Vegetable cuts below standardPARSNIPSDDown 8: Award by teacher exclaimed as unexpectedSURPRISEDDown 13: Other mails sorted to the same degreeISOTHERMALDDown 15: Pears, perhaps, lie in a trellisESPALIERDDown 16: Happy about bill rectified without undue fussBLISSFULDDown 17: Associates find prisoners are without diplomacyCONTACTSDDown 19: No difficulty in race where cups are availableTEA SETDDown 20: Element made up of air and mud?RADIUMDDown 21: Trough for a heartless administratorMANGER