The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 14th April 2016 There are 14 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 14th April 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Lady into bloomers back in underwear, contrary outfit embraced by different fellowFLOWERAAcross 5: Single preference, soup slightly offMISOGAMYAAcross 9: Rat killer fighting at a distance and at homeWARFARINAAcross 10: Hill upsetting me? Not Damon, initiallyUPLANDAAcross 11: A wake-up call for the Sun?RISEANDSHINEAAcross 13: Long throw dismissing openerITCHAAcross 14: One little character, after evidence of head lice, considered aloneINITSELFAAcross 17: City on Polish borders, strangely mesmerisingHYPNOTICAAcross 18: Run one!RACEAAcross 20: Married to wife, pain's learnt the hard way — for her lot?PARENTSINLAWAAcross 23: Reject is into drinkDISOWNAAcross 24: Maintaining cross, return title with bitterness, seeing book's inscriptionEX LIBRISAAcross 25: Picture gives an image, ultimately distortedENVISAGEAAcross 26: Fine stuff not entirely describing English breakfastMUESLIDDown 2: Brains in bumLOAFDDown 3: Skinny female, shivering in the raw outsideWAFER-THINDDown 4: Most unusual to see god in the centre of ChertseyRARESTDDown 5: Devices including wrong and right in European languageMANDARIN CHINESEDDown 6: Private opening in solid square, cubeSQUADDIEDDown 7: Squeeze round corners, leaning heads skywards in ravineGULCHDDown 8: Figure taking off in The Doctor, then want sci-fi filmMENINBLACKDDown 12: Home leave always conditional at first, occupying postSTAYCATIONDDown 15: 8 can be fixed?SCREWABLEDDown 16: Infant feeding pot with a European coinSTOTINKADDown 19: Winding course of teeth going the wrong way, right to leftSLALOMDDown 21: Infiltrating demo, jingoistic iconEMOJIDDown 22: See 1GIRL