The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 4th April 2022 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 4th April 2022. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Trim round notice for processionPARADEAAcross 4: Screams, mixed up with a slaughterMASSACREAAcross 9: To line, add a new treeROWANAAcross 10: Manipulator jerks toe in a very big wayOSTEOPATHAAcross 11: House arrest restricts woman's assemblyGATHERINGAAcross 12: As medic, I locate some back painCOLICAAcross 13: Even Shylock didn't demand this extravagant paymentANARMANDALEGAAcross 17: Hedge a market, struggling to succeedMAKETHEGRADEAAcross 20: Monsters making a lot of progressOGRESAAcross 21: Prohibit giving publicity to old writerPROSCRIBEAAcross 23: One gets severe criticism here, where wine is corkedINTHENECKAAcross 24: Feature on a countryCHINAAAcross 25: Reprimand, as Conservative holds site for redevelopmentCHASTISEAAcross 26: Fungal infection beginning to weaken otter at seaWETROTDDown 1: Land soldier who's dropped, not straight, clutching uniformPARAGUAYDDown 2: Having drunk water, ask for bloody foodRAWSTEAKDDown 3: Poet sounds exhaustedDONNEDDown 5: Album full of possibly illegible signs?AUTOGRAPHBOOKDDown 6: But there is no whisky in this bar snackSCOTCH EGGDDown 7: Baby's bed, which is let down from top of buildingCRADLEDDown 8: Moral behaviour from the start in every true heart, it's common senseETHICSDDown 10: Train expert in roses in a different wayORIENTEXPRESSDDown 14: Statesmen changed limit on welfareMEANS TESTDDown 15: Witch's cat perhaps may be very recognisableFAMILIARDDown 16: Appropriate vehicle hired again outsideRELEVANTDDown 18: Where a virgin is after a lion?ZODIACDDown 19: South African plant makes for refreshing drinkPROTEADDown 22: One saddled with a set of songsCYCLE