The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 30th April 2012 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 30th April 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Signal employees to uphold the standardFLAGSTAFFAAcross 6: They look round for bears without fearORBSAAcross 8: Out of money? Barter!EXCHANGEAAcross 9: It sounds bad — not so, he's in the pinkNUDISTAAcross 10: Very large game birdOSPREYAAcross 11: Car going round with my own controlAUTONOMYAAcross 12: Capital resort to give Susan a breakNASSAUAAcross 15: Let a case get out of hand and snowballESCALATEAAcross 16: Conflict in which countercharges may be decisive?PRICE WARAAcross 19: There's a cello playing in this placeLOCALEAAcross 21: Elated, having been promotedUPLIFTEDAAcross 22: An animal — it has one foot drawn backWAPITIAAcross 24: He went round filling potholesTINKERAAcross 25: Done to death?EXECUTEDAAcross 26: Port some dread enteringADENAAcross 27: Amend paper said to go by the boardDISAPPEARDDown 1: Gets one's bearings in difficultiesFIXESDDown 2: Sticks public notices around this placeADHERESDDown 3: A gritty Scot?SANDYDDown 4: Mean to declare before very longAVERAGEDDown 5: Extremist is crushed in a final actFANATICALDDown 6: A number making loud noise during examinationORDINALDDown 7: Teams able to move into the lead, say?BASE METALDDown 13: Aphrodite's emaciated formATROPHIEDDDown 14: Neat and dryUNWATEREDDDown 17: Yellow birdCHICKENDDown 18: Remedy may be to change gearREDRESSDDown 20: Take suitable remedy externallyCAPTUREDDown 22: Give birth with assistanceWHELPDDown 23: Her and it: conjunction or pronoun?THEIR