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The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 8th April 2021

There are 14 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 8th April 2021. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number# Clue Answer
AAcross 1: Vice squad heartily entertained — say no more!
AAcross 5: Position not conducive to firing CO?
AAcross 9: He's out, free to work where 8 is
AAcross 10: Time, perhaps, Hamlet returned? So it is
AAcross 11: Rows in Costa following this order
AAcross 13: Finishing early, read up on boss
AAcross 14: An achievement, of course — yes, picked up a good lookerEAGLEEYE
AAcross 17: Runs through a tunnel breaking out (not yet discovered)
AAcross 18: Mysterious travellers returned from occupying country
AAcross 20: Main treatment centre
AAcross 23: Fury over Rex playing a stage villain
AAcross 24: Suddenly got nasty with a small number
AAcross 25: Heading off, one subsidising fellow journalist short of fare
AAcross 26: Repeat right away what's left
DDown 2: Spoils look of tin-openers
DDown 3: Deal inappropriately with the Wolverine State
DDown 4: Little boy is holding it
DDown 5: Not on — Telegraph, evidently worried, showed sign of panic
DDown 6: Left with broken heart — man you dumped not wanting to do anything
DDown 7: An animal in bed (one having taken Viagra finally)
DDown 8: Child one is longing to lift up to secure access to Santa?
DDown 12: Strangely resonant — it is loud
DDown 15: 'Stuff it!' — Queen unhappily entertaining Johnson
DDown 16: Crooked aristocrat caught — one beyond redemption
DDown 19: It should be paid daily (gets 50% off)
DDown 21: When there's no actual fighting, he's great in the gym
DDown 22: Presenter short, so had to show up
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