The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 17th April 2019 There are 14 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 17th April 2019. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Lightweight compiler in trouble with a bunch of pedantsGRAMMARAAcross 5: Delay use outside AmericaSUSPENDAAcross 9: Said extra large is betterEXCELAAcross 10: At home in hell — probing Nazi group's sinister qualitySHADINESSAAcross 11: They offer treatment to those almost past being curedOSTEOPATHSAAcross 12: It's painful to hear what drinks cost, though not poorBARBAAcross 14: Prick! Empty rhetoric to Welsh about architectural featureLANCET WINDOWAAcross 18: Football lover during Fulham tie: "Get off!"THEBEAUTIFULAAcross 21: Take home nursing assistant in the van — nice!NEATAAcross 22: 'Is it wrong chopping heads off?' (Henry at historic castle)STRONGHOLDAAcross 25: Complicated procedure in part — current government getting hurtRIGMAROLEAAcross 26: Fell about at first — relax!CHILLAAcross 27: See 5 downWESTERNAAcross 28: Vandalised old people's tombsDOLMENSDDown 1: Hired thug carrying drugs proceedsGOESONDDown 2: Writer's account, one side claimed, not at all measuredALCOTTDDown 3: Improved second-class accommodation for priest and daughterMELIORATEDDDown 4: Dreads person from flats arguing backRASTADDown 5: Doubtful The Sting was Peter's kind of filmSPAGHETTIDDown 6: Did state charity previously lead to scrounging?SAIDDDown 7: At lecture I see (with peachy rear) a vision of lovelinessEYE CANDYDDown 8: Department's organised but slow — it isn't productiveDUST BOWLDDown 13: Medical head going to follow books of worshipLITURGICALDDown 15: Nobleman's wife coming in to put on showCOUNT DOWNDDown 15: Nobleman's wife coming in to put on showCOUNTDOWNDDown 16: Endure religious classes with holy manST. ANDREWDDown 17: Makes crazy demand to begin with — called in to get it overturnedDERANGESDDown 19: See 1 acrossPOLICEDDown 20: Makes rotten drinks in big cups? On the contraryADDLESDDown 23: Upright individual gets nude occasionallyONENDDDown 24: See 18GAME