The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 18th April 2019 There are 15 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 18th April 2019. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Unbeliever me, suspicious fiend ending in hellINFIDELAAcross 5: Tool had been picked out by journalist?HACK SAWAAcross 5: Tool had been picked out by journalist?HACKSAWAAcross 9: Reportedly burn giftFLAIRAAcross 10: Business people, a number getting to grips with shattered dreamsTRADESMENAAcross 11: To cover debts, pinch my wages from safeROBPETERTOAAcross 12: Pull something that's nailed, did you say?TOWAAcross 14: Bound to get hard in prison, this employed with force!SLEDGEHAMMERAAcross 18: Revealed where stud may be ditched unceremoniouslyOUTONONESEARAAcross 21: Victoria's Englishman, hair combed backPOMAAcross 22: Result of sin clear when screwedFINALSCOREAAcross 25: Rump of venison possibly festersSTAGNATESAAcross 26: Transport network for island under discussionROADSAAcross 27: Looking at regular intake, conclusions of the provost scheduled, it's suggested?DIETARYAAcross 28: See 11PAYPAULDDown 1: Tell man from Belfast to stand?INFORMDDown 2: Loose skin punctured by bees, we hear?FLABBYDDown 3: Abroad, I start to eat angel cakes for teaDARJEELINGDDown 4: Drink less bubbly, taking lips awayLATTEDDown 5: Cold about right?HEARTLESSDDown 6: See 19CLEFDDown 7: Previous excerpt from poem, item ostensibly upliftingSOMETIMEDDown 8: Caribbean islands where snake gets protectionWINDWARDDDown 13: Fifty shells initially loading rocket launchers, hope that makes you breathe easierNASALSPRAYDDown 15: I'd sent off essay, painful work?DENTISTRYDDown 16: Third of colony, a thousand sat togetherCOMPOSEDDDown 17: Gaze round capitals of Egypt and Morocco with glasses?STEMWAREDDown 19: Restraint maintained by pro sent up in novelROMANADDown 20: Ship in a bottle, perhapsVESSELDDown 23: Every other part of tale is so apt for storytellerAESOPDDown 24: Girl going up and downANNA