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.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Vice squad heartily entertained — say no more!CLAM UPAAcross 5: Position not conducive to firing CO?HALF-COCKAAcross 9: He's out, free to work where 8 isHOUSETOPAAcross 10: Time, perhaps, Hamlet returned? So it isTRAGICAAcross 11: Rows in Costa following this orderALTERCATIONSAAcross 13: Finishing early, read up on bossSTUDAAcross 14: An achievement, of course — yes, picked up a good lookerEAGLEEYEAAcross 17: Runs through a tunnel breaking out (not yet discovered)UNLEARNTAAcross 18: Mysterious travellers returned from occupying countryUFOSAAcross 20: Main treatment centreHOSPITAL SHIPAAcross 23: Fury over Rex playing a stage villainVIRAGOAAcross 24: Suddenly got nasty with a small numberTURNED ONAAcross 25: Heading off, one subsidising fellow journalist short of fareUNDERFEDAAcross 26: Repeat right away what's leftESTATEDDown 2: Spoils look of tin-openersLOOTDDown 3: Deal inappropriately with the Wolverine StateMISHANDLEDDown 4: Little boy is holding itPETITEDDown 5: Not on — Telegraph, evidently worried, showed sign of panicHYPERVENTILATEDDDown 6: Left with broken heart — man you dumped not wanting to do anythingLETHARGYDDown 7: An animal in bed (one having taken Viagra finally)COATIDDown 8: Child one is longing to lift up to secure access to Santa?CHIMNEYPOTDDown 12: Strangely resonant — it is loudSTENTORIANDDown 15: 'Stuff it!' — Queen unhappily entertaining JohnsonEQUIPMENTDDown 16: Crooked aristocrat caught — one beyond redemptionWRITE-OFFDDown 19: It should be paid daily (gets 50% off)CHARGEDDown 21: When there's no actual fighting, he's great in the gymPEACEDDown 22: Presenter short, so had to show upHOST