The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 9th April 2014 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 9th April 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Careless chums must turn to runSLAPDASHAAcross 5: Cut nearly half a chop to charSCORCHAAcross 9: Wit requires trick to take in reportersCOMEDIANAAcross 10: Protester topped bowmanARCHERAAcross 11: Fake sterling for this style of hair?RINGLETSAAcross 12: Young lady with a large prayer bookMISSALAAcross 14: Find the French among mixed bathers, gaspingBREATHLESSAAcross 18: Visited, if Quentin drops in, having got released to go outsideFREQUENTEDAAcross 22: Naughty boy absorbs part of the BibleEROTICAAcross 23: Misery does not start when you get the sackEJECTIONAAcross 24: Loving scoundrel hiding moneyDOTINGAAcross 25: Perception is sure to break up a rowing teamEYESIGHTAAcross 26: Looking more embarrassed, when going to and froREDDERAAcross 27: Saved vehicle left outsideRECYCLEDDDown 1: Safe after a botched rescueSECUREDDown 2: Most of this nut is needed by a large fishALMONDDDown 3: Benefit keeps two small daughters in a piece of cakeDODDLEDDown 4: Just a little stuff to make music aboutSMATTERINGDDown 6: Coastal road spreads light on a broken chin, breaking one's heartCORNICHEDDown 7: See her turning up, since he would like warmed-up foodREHASHEDDDown 8: Injure without being gentleHARMLESSDDown 13: Jesse, the robber, and William, the traitor, who wrote UlyssesJAMES JOYCEDDown 15: Wrongdoer to propose concealing denouementOFFENDERDDown 16: Animal about to trot when climbing found an answerRETORTEDDDown 17: Just the house for a formal interviewAUDIENCEDDown 19: Playwright has agreement with a company that's turned aroundO'CASEYDDown 20: Poet was right to interrupt a wakeVIRGILDDown 21: Agreed to be seen in a football team from ManchesterUNITED