The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 26th April 2019 There are 13 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 26th April 2019. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 5: Scientific pioneer drinks behind empty troughTHALESAAcross 6: Inventive chap not one team rejectedEDISONAAcross 9: Soldiers deal with American going for a whizz in the gardenMENDELAAcross 10: Shelter occupied by masculine, daring explorerHUMBOLDTAAcross 11: Some power revolting leader's half lostWATTAAcross 12: Experimental Greek building structure is broken by old AsianARCHIMEDESAAcross 13: Accounts by modern-style English lawmakerISAAC NEWTONAAcross 18: Nobel winner to spoil dog that is repeatedly aroundMARIE CURIEAAcross 21: Measure of speed in walk, not runMACHAAcross 22: Mechanics expert, one kept inside limitsLAGRANGEAAcross 23: Pork pie of sizable dimensions for radical pioneer from GermanyLIEBIGAAcross 24: Stargazer's excited peek left and rightKEPLERAAcross 25: Cases of horse vaccine seemingly for chemistHEVESYDDown 1: Maybe king seeks romance, giving ordersMANDATESDDown 2: Form are without the greatest teaching aidsREALIADDown 3: Slovenly maid to struggle with disapprovalADIMVIEWDDown 4: What's left from burning mineral on landASHOREDDown 5: A specific prohibition for Oedipus?THEBANDDown 7: Pokes head in gallery with unclad figures aboutNUDGESDDown 8: Scams to get rich I can see workingCHICANERIESDDown 14: A lot of odour in dead, decomposing roseASCENDEDDDown 15: Scientists' device gets them more irritatedOHMMETERDDown 16: Material to conceal outmoded hairstyle on topDAMASKDDown 17: An urban space nurtures university intelligenceACUITYDDown 19: Break into rising contented sound during hanky-pankyIRRUPTDDown 20: Woman I am inclined to listen toEILEEN