The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 20th April 2016 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 20th April 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Middle East food, some not entirely in season in GeorgiaFALAFELAAcross 5: Guy carrying container of beer back in hamperMANACLEAAcross 9: Fielder caught a few ballsCOVERAAcross 10: Carrot in a piece of American bread I have for aftersINCENTIVEAAcross 11: 26 character, a heavy weight to his lover?DARLINGTONAAcross 12: Amendment finally in place, so keep the original textSTETAAcross 14: Shamed, the Guardian boss is paying for our food?DISHONOUREDAAcross 18: God's dog and ten animals I slam in a net, perhaps?PALINDROMESAAcross 21: Does dingo eat enormous radishes for starters?DEERAAcross 22: Immorality in trio up for rolling round in cheeseCORRUPTIONAAcross 25: See 17MONCRIEFFAAcross 26: Penning the ultimate in drivel, yawning authorWILDEAAcross 27: Party issued approvalCONSENTAAcross 28: Serious attention given to homeEARNESTDDown 1: Account in decline, deceptive appearanceFACADEDDown 2: Electrified track is uniformLIVERYDDown 3: Threatening, in order to obtain invitationFORBIDDINGDDown 4: Deceitful, doing well to skim off capitalLYINGDDown 5: Thus one is up to describe reptile in millimetres as a small versionMICROCOSMDDown 6: Square in town in EnglandNINEDDown 7: See 15CHILTERNDDown 8: Flat, then something ebbing and flowing late in the dayEVENTIDEDDown 13: Strength in a stable marriage never ends, hope rows frivolous?HORSEPOWERDDown 15: Short in credit briefly, terrible fraud, 26 characterSIRROBERTDDown 16: Plague half contained in sagaEPIDEMICDDown 17: Heinous crime no longer naff for 26 characterALGERNONDDown 19: Breather, that is, for Scottish servantGILLIEDDown 20: Coin in holeINVENTDDown 23: Arm uprooting the Spanish treeRIFLEDDown 24: £0.00 charge — about right?FREE