The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 2nd April 2020 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 2nd April 2020. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Sort of chicken one American dispatched: hard to clean, I suspectCHLORINATEDAAcross 9: Mother leaves behind the first idealised representations in the unconsciousIMAGOESAAcross 10: Will's night flight flew there, partly travelling westTWELFTHAAcross 11: Bloomer by Labour leader once, having upset 62.5% of Scotland firstCOLTSFOOTAAcross 12: Boring state of affairs, if repackaged Penguin but no PG …ENNUIAAcross 13: … Tips from shopping online (service only average)SO-SOAAcross 14: Note following late small change at the very heart of thingsDEAD CENTREAAcross 16: Plunges steeply, demolishing vicar's shedCRASHDIVESAAcross 19: Airline allegedly a little under 50% at faultELALAAcross 21: Cycling hard? This suggests duty or obligation, perhapsOUGHTAAcross 22: Somebody that's eaten one midsummer fruitPERSIMMONAAcross 24: Scores from shot centre half has left, mistakenlyNOTCHESAAcross 25: Critically shocked expression after playing short suit okayIASKYOUAAcross 26: Time to chuck out the old verse? Aye, it might beNEW YEAR'S EVEDDown 1: Movie star Dance stifles screamCHARLES LAUGHTONDDown 2: Rugby players from Pwllheli on stand-byLIONSDDown 3: Fix resistance in stereo outputRESTOREDDown 4: Scored having picked up fellow outside galleryNOTATEDDDown 5: Without hesitation, posted online message, forgetting wife was unstable?TEETEREDDDown 6: Album from Yes, perhapsDEFINITELYMAYBEDDown 7: Ring jokers writing about contracted setters Sri Lanka hasCIRCUSDDown 8: Renovated house with angelic sofaCHAISEDDown 15: TV programme doctors watch outside store, brieflyCHAT SHOWDDown 16: See 7CLOWNSDDown 17: Puck's old hat? Deadlock ensues …IMPASSEDDown 18: … before real ire is dissipatedEARLIERDDown 20: See 8LONGUEDDown 23: Question dropping leader from paperISSUE