The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 25th April 2016 There are 15 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 25th April 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Shrink from hunting initially — there's wild boar aroundABHORAAcross 10: In bars, tea may be served for a teetotallerABSTAINERAAcross 11: Awakening after hundred years heavy drinkingCAROUSINGAAcross 12: They go under water, coming back glossyKEELSAAcross 13: Large figures of business deficit — I closedCOLOSSIAAcross 15: Wreck that's broken up with little hesitationSHATTERAAcross 17: Look around a ship of the lineLASSOAAcross 18: Do some housework? YesSEWAAcross 20: High place for a bird to live inTIBETAAcross 22: It's obvious I've been set back by depressionEVIDENTAAcross 25: Screen has crimson centre and unusual rose edgingREREDOSAAcross 26: One called round, being sorryRUINGAAcross 27: Freely able to speak with added detailELABORATEAAcross 30: Curse the motherland!DAMNATIONAAcross 31: School-leaver's certificate?EXEATDDown 1: It eases sores in hospital casesTALCDDown 2: Loud chuckles first heard from Lewis CarrollCHORTLESDDown 3: Father to the French, mother to the GermansFRAUDDown 4: Openings for a number in large townsCAVITIESDDown 5: Habits of well bred philosophersUSAGESDDown 6: Cook makes tarts for demanding employerTASKMASTERDDown 7: Eat, but not seriously, we hearINGESTDDown 8: Building up runs, retaining the Ashes?URNSDDown 13: Produce a lower type of offspringCALVEDDown 14: Nick has an ambition to succeed in footballSCOREAGOALDDown 16: Honours degrees?RATESDDown 19: Means to put on a brave faceWAR PAINTDDown 21: College servant proverbially required to lie in his work?BEDMAKERDDown 23: I misdo translation of particular expressionsIDIOMSDDown 24: Two cardinals appear in this workTHESISDDown 26: Travel free over the OrientRIDEDDown 28: Frank, ready to do business, …OPENDDown 29: … is not faster at splitting pointsEATS