The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 13th April 2017 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 13th April 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Wide containers, four in riverEXPANSIVEAAcross 10: Batting sides interruptedONOFFAAcross 11: Sooner at sea, hard to be kept — away from it?ONSHOREAAcross 12: More than one case exists in glensVALISESAAcross 13: Man, failure heading for extinctionDUDEAAcross 14: Ornate picture frames or nothing in US territoryPUERTO RICOAAcross 16: Old song lyric contested by a number in the south of France?NICEONEAAcross 17: See 3WETRUSTAAcross 19: Instrument, on which I produce notes, is runningORGANISINGAAcross 22: Pudding failedDUFFAAcross 24: Argentine trained to shoot Admiral Horatio primarily, as LordMESSIAHAAcross 25: In Greece, plain old folly ultimately, politician inspired by cheat no endOLYMPIAAAcross 26: Relative seen from behind in codpiece, inconsolableNIECEAAcross 27: As soon as guards happen to fade away, that's submissionOBEDIENCEDDown 1: O for Officer?SECOND-IN-COMMANDDDown 2: In various parts, classic tours thus restricted by passport?EPISODICDDown 3: American saw evidence of deterioration after doing exercises, patheticINGODDDown 4: Assuming elected, hold down a cushy jobSINECUREDDown 5: See 21LEAVERDDown 6: High street retailer once seeing value in a fabric?WOOLWORTHDDown 7: Little growth in industry initially, while privileged type stuck upBONSAIDDown 8: One in unfamiliar surroundings, as 21 5?AFISHOUTOFWATERDDown 15: Individual club sandwiches toward the mouth?DOWNRIVERDDown 17: Buckinghamshire town upset different town in KentWENDOVERDDown 18: American sport on the rise, game not half taking overUSURPINGDDown 20: 8, perhaps? One's smokedGASPERDDown 21: Serve alcohol in a quandary — might one be 16 or 18?SCHOOLDDown 23: See 16CYRIL