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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..

The Answers

Number# Clue Answer
AAcross 1: Lightweight compiler in trouble with a bunch of pedants
AAcross 5: Delay use outside America
AAcross 9: Said extra large is better
AAcross 10: At home in hell — probing Nazi group's sinister quality
AAcross 11: They offer treatment to those almost past being cured
AAcross 12: It's painful to hear what drinks cost, though not poor
AAcross 14: Prick! Empty rhetoric to Welsh about architectural feature
AAcross 18: Football lover during Fulham tie: "Get off!"THEBEAUTIFUL
AAcross 21: Take home nursing assistant in the van — nice!
AAcross 22: 'Is it wrong chopping heads off?' (Henry at historic castle)
AAcross 25: Complicated procedure in part — current government getting hurt
AAcross 26: Fell about at first — relax!
AAcross 27: See 5 down
AAcross 28: Vandalised old people's tombs
DDown 1: Hired thug carrying drugs proceedsGOESON
DDown 2: Writer's account, one side claimed, not at all measured
DDown 3: Improved second-class accom­modation for priest and daughter
DDown 4: Dreads person from flats arguing back
DDown 5: Doubtful The Sting was Peter's kind of film
DDown 6: Did state charity previously lead to scrounging?
DDown 7: At lecture I see (with peachy rear) a vision of loveliness
DDown 8: Department's organised but slow — it isn't productive
DDown 13: Medical head going to follow books of worship
DDown 15: Nobleman's wife coming in to put on show
DDown 15: Nobleman's wife coming in to put on show
DDown 16: Endure religious classes with holy man
DDown 17: Makes crazy demand to begin with — called in to get it overturned
DDown 19: See 1 across
DDown 20: Makes rotten drinks in big cups? On the contrary
DDown 23: Upright individual gets nude occasionallyONEND
DDown 24: See 18
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