The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 6th April 2015 There are 13 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 6th April 2015. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Instrument with which to damage a coin badlyHARMONICAAAcross 10: Eggs flipped to conceal bishop's boobooERRORAAcross 11: Sensitive bit of roof covering bit of dramaTACTILEAAcross 12: Ruler accepting present from flyKNOWINGAAcross 13: Nomad housed by dodgy psychiatristGYPSYAAcross 14: Excrement a clairvoyant turned into garmentDUNGAREESAAcross 16: Broadcast "Mr H Hippo" (cartoon animal, typically)ANTHROPOMORPHICAAcross 19: Express affected by 8 8HIGH-SPEEDAAcross 21: A 19 car returns, fuelled by new 8GANJAAAcross 22: Star status initially accruing to gay slangPOLARISAAcross 23: Protagonist's 8sHEROINEAAcross 24: Not one to complain of Daedalus to IcarusSTOICAAcross 25: Brave's not exceptionally orthodoxOBSERVANTDDown 1: Penny, keen to return Jason's vessel to pub, gets shotPHOTOGRAPHDDown 2: 5 8sCRACKPOTDDown 3: Proposed course making not entirely cold place very coldPOLICYDDown 4: Order of magnitude sounds blue, reportedlySIZEDDown 5: Deranged poet embracing lord and masterBARKINGMADDDown 6: Elegant overdressed Scotsman included?DEBONAIRDDown 7: Perhaps Paddington's water contains sulphurURSINEDDown 8: Spike emerging from centre of Tudor hairpieceDRUGDDown 14: Poser dines out with black dogDEPRESSIONDDown 15: Bones guys take to US citySACRAMENTODDown 17: Confine fool almost interrupting othersRESTRICTDDown 18: Chinese 8 turned to Portugal's disadvantageHANDICAPDDown 20: Big ship dropping 8's unit of volumeGALLONDDown 21: Soldiers wearing women's clothing upset FrenchmanGERARDDDown 22: Decline to respond to come-onPASSDDown 23: Mess with 8HASH