The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 30th April 2020 There are 15 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 30th April 2020. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Why one visits bathroom without posh rugTOUPEEAAcross 4: Troublemaker, a scallywag at heartRASCALAAcross 9: Continue to show a certain undergarment, a German numberAIRONTHEGSTRINGAAcross 10: Dick twisted many an armPISTOLAAcross 11: Tries pants on wrong, looking uglySINISTERAAcross 12: Draw out scandal involving MuskELONGATEAAcross 14: Discovers large netsLEARNSAAcross 15: Trump's enforcers limit what Pole may displayICE CAPAAcross 15: Trump's enforcers limit what Pole may displayICECAPAAcross 18: Saturated fatDRIPPINGAAcross 21: Drop of tea, we hear, in blue vesselDOWNTURNAAcross 22: Shelter from a Catholic overwhelmed by pointlessness?ALCOVEAAcross 24: A Rembrandt concocted with guile and craft may go missing hereBERMUDA TRIANGLEAAcross 25: After fool's sent back, taste sweet dishPASTRYAAcross 26: Action of a lowdown, gutless cowboyAGENCYDDown 1: Minor hearing about sex in RomeTRIVIALDDown 2: Note circling reptile is a threat, in the mainU-BOATDDown 3: Pip's ideal extracted from grapes? Tell agriculturistESTELLADDown 5: Ways artist's lifted up magazineARSENALDDown 6: Foolishly had scrap with Republican who won't deal fairlyCARD SHARPDDown 6: Foolishly had scrap with Republican who won't deal fairlyCARDSHARPDDown 7: Light, new, lit up rental housesLANTERNDDown 8: Monster, one in northerly German cityNESSIEDDown 13: Informally, handles collars worn by celebrityNICKNAMESDDown 16: Come off worst in competition stillCLOSE-UPDDown 16: Come off worst in competition stillCLOSEUPDDown 17: Sacking personnel extremely ready for operation?PLUNDERDDown 18: Stand for leader of England with muscular backDENOTEDDown 19: The writer's getting on, showing representational techniqueIMAGINGDDown 20: Creativity in book covers of TolstoyNOVELTYDDown 23: One is found in chapter, as a ruleCANON