The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 25th April 2018 There are 15 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 25th April 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: Sailing ship carrying nothing ornateBAROQUEAAcross 8: Criminal admits passion to deceiveCHEAT ONAAcross 9: Well-bred gentleman has an advantageEDGEAAcross 10: Fill end on cracked carving resembling fabricLINENFOLDAAcross 12: Did model dishearten younger, lusty fellow?SATYRAAcross 13: Balt featured in nasty Victorian storyVILLETTEAAcross 15: Try hard with something corny?HEARAAcross 16: Office worker, one doing her nails?FILERAAcross 17: Alcohol and nuts spiked with drugMEADAAcross 18: We pass on perverted, seedy thingsSNOWPEASAAcross 20: Advanced spin-doctoring working as protectionAPRONAAcross 21: Dead ends from copper, drug affair regressingCULSDESACAAcross 22: Peer expected to pocket a thousandDUKEAAcross 24: Soldiers list second site of English defeatORLEANSAAcross 25: Don't admit catching the clap? It's what you get in lifeDESTINYDDown 1: Smooth, low, captivating noteSANDDDown 2: Pro cultivating trees?FORESTERDDown 3: Server's trouble, unfortunately forgetting roundBUTLERDDown 4: Name put in coat from clever retailerCHANDLERDDown 5: What soldier may have worn to pace aroundCAPOTEDDown 6: Car benefiting driver leaving river behindFORDDDown 11: Isn't solve exciting to get the down solutions!NOVELISTSDDown 12: Genius dismissing what he'd call a mugSTEINDDown 14: Old couple needing time on the wagonTWAINDDown 16: Playing cricket, competitors now favoured golfFIELDINGDDown 17: One girl or another at the French seaside?MEREDITHDDown 19: He exercises command over two monarchsWALKERDDown 20: Group of stars, one parading toplessARCHERDDown 21: Grant for films runs out of supportCARYDDown 23: Requesting to put away a second pieceKING