The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 20th April 2015 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 20th April 2015. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Gorilla has to consume fruit outsideGREAT APEAAcross 5: One's lucky in races beyond a mileMASCOTAAcross 9: Chief means for a yacht to travel by sea?MAINSAILAAcross 10: Delivery man?BOWLERAAcross 12: A backward idiot, apart from all elseALOOFAAcross 13: What the listener does in actual practiceREHEARSALAAcross 14: Push lever to gets news handoutPRESS RELEASEAAcross 18: Scornful of fashionable costume put onCONTEMPTUOUSAAcross 21: River lighter may transfer the ashesTEST MATCHAAcross 23: Relish a piece of impudenceSAUCEAAcross 24: Adult scholar with true dispositionMATUREAAcross 25: Girl to sign for earningsSALARIESAAcross 26: Poverty to the French produces hostilityNEEDLEAAcross 27: Excluded lawyers' right to be in actionDEBARREDDDown 1: A pivotal aid at sea?GIMBALDDown 2: He may have set features at workEDITORDDown 3: The initial question is put with vigour and detachmentTASK FORCEDDown 4: His rapport with me may lead to a life of pleasurePRIMROSE PATHDDown 6: Wool drops a point in the marketAGORADDown 7: Enormous deficit in solid fuelCOLOSSALDDown 8: When stream enters the river it provides excitementTHRILLERDDown 11: Full board in a wayTHOROUGHFAREDDown 15: Crude oil in a USA stateLOUISIANADDown 16: Northerner gives berth on board to one of the crewSCOTSMANDDown 17: Liqueur made in top Eastern stateANISETTEDDown 19: Sort of school French king goes up to after short monthJUNIORDDown 20: Well acquainted with the metric systemVERSEDDDown 22: Right, or in French, wrongMORAL