The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 12th April 2019 There are 14 across clues and 12 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 12th April 2019. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: School teashop recycling waste hereCOMPOST HEAPAAcross 9: Country crime waves interrupting driversAMERICAAAcross 10: Tanks in army's front, as bearing westwardsAQUARIAAAcross 11: Between 9 and 11 put on clothing that's playfulKITTENISHAAcross 12: How Brexit begins with hopeless nationalistBLIMPAAcross 13: Unacceptable to lose heart in retreatNOOKAAcross 14: Note covering wraps round nuts and washerLAUNDROMATAAcross 16: They might produce arts with modelsOLDMASTERSAAcross 19: Experienced audio novelKNEWAAcross 20: Some characters in Tristram Shandy are flipping clever!SMARTAAcross 21: Rugby player's speed is keyBACKSPACEAAcross 23: One swallowing tablet and rubbish synthetic materialACETATEAAcross 24: Covers of sublime track in Beach Boys' territorySEASIDEAAcross 25: Model welcomes tip for tantric arousalSTIMULATIONDDown 1: Bedroom items, perhaps sketched bosoms?CHESTSOFDRAWERSDDown 2: Setter affectedly touching fabricMOIREDDown 3: One's blown last of moola, air con needing repairOCARINADDown 4: Educational opportunity for everyone is cannedTEACH-INDDown 5: They add colour to online bookENUMBERSDDown 6: Average, struggling Inter Milan twice letting in a sitter?PARLIAMENTARIANDDown 7: Youngster's tucked into cake and salad as a working rulePARKINSON'S LAWDDown 8: Cleaner animals show distress, seized by nurseCARPET SWEEPERDDown 15: Performers with elevated pitch, primarily Italians?CASTRATIDDown 17: Kind of cross about clever dramatic sceneTABLEAUDDown 18: Means to get around bodily pain mostly fakeRICKSHADDown 22: Holy man's morning in Westminster?SWAMI