The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 23rd April 2020 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 23rd April 2020. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: Worked to gain experience under malign influence?DEVILLEDAAcross 9: Army colonel's last two rooms reasonably priced hereHOSTELAAcross 10: All but one of team in Lord's practice session succeeding?NEXTAAcross 11: Article added to champion Scot's memorabiliaVICTORIANAAAcross 12: Conclusive statement about Irish flyersAIRMENAAcross 14: Hot meal enlivened with a drop of neat alcoholMETHANOLAAcross 15: Read out two letters too manyEXCESSAAcross 17: Faithful man of God admits brief deceptionSTRICTAAcross 20: Quirky novel set in secret hideawayLOVENESTAAcross 22: Hare in poor health close to exhaustionRUN LOWAAcross 23: Complex first stage for heating engineers?GASFITTERSAAcross 24: Sightseers here perhaps inclined to knock back a little drinkPISAAAcross 25: Trace sister pinching a case of champagneNUANCEAAcross 26: Reflective nature of mystery plays with mass participationSYMMETRYDDown 1: Screen rock legend holding his head in empty theatreTELEVISEDDown 2: Clue from winner eclipsing Boatman's lastHINTDDown 3: In Madrid, the consistent team?ELEVENDDown 4: Electrical device starts to adjust tension 19 fiddled with firstRHEOSTATDDown 5: Appraisal Nutmeg's given in online post?ESTIMATIONDDown 6: Supported building, somewhere youth can go, as Spooner might have itLEAN-TODDown 8: Leave European Community, breaking restraint on powerDECAMPDDown 13: Jester may take this Scandinavian drink with added extraMICKEY FINNDDown 16: We put in hardened seed to produce plantSWEET PEADDown 16: We put in hardened seed to produce plantSWEETPEADDown 18: Addict invested in retro fashion bagsTROUSERSDDown 19: Balance books for ladiesOTHERSDDown 21: Impenetrable work leads to awkward questions, upsetting editorOPAQUEDDown 22: Have the audacity to reject initial synopsisRESUMEDDown 24: Rome's commoner people brought sandwichesPLEB