The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 11th April 2022 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 11th April 2022. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Large blade with phoney coating's a crackerSLEDGEHAMMERAAcross 9: Mature lawyer retired last monthADULTAAcross 10: Modified Bronx diet, one with lighter contentTINDERBOXAAcross 11: Work colleague conclusively classifying short fibrous proteinKERATINAAcross 12: Barrel transporting vintage spirit across islandOILDRUMAAcross 13: Vigilant dancing in Swan Lake?ONONESTOESAAcross 15: Correct last of errors in projectJUSTAAcross 18: Team from busy Cheshire station on the airCREWAAcross 19: Revives female pen-pushers despatching first novelFRESHENSUPAAcross 22: Wine the French rejected drunk by agentMOSELLEAAcross 24: Not quite happeningGOINGONAAcross 25: Loud insistent call oddly tenderCLAMOROUSAAcross 26: Moving 23?ASTIRAAcross 27: Acclaim luminary meriting advanceCREDITWORTHYDDown 1: See 7SQUARE ONEDDown 2: Accredited goal secures championshipENTITLEDDDown 3: Board agree to progressGET ONDDown 4: Transmissions from an English port in case of hostilitiesHANDOVERSDDown 5: Every seven days, leader apparently turned up submissivelyMEEKLYDDown 6: What remains of passion and honour in hero's heartEMBERDDown 7: Engineer can request a book, needing to start afresh, it's saidBACKTODDown 8: Former European politician with time to spareEXEMPTDDown 14: Like canine amputee in yard?THREEFOOTDDown 16: Horrid ugly things not good for recyclingUNSIGHTLYDDown 17: Stammering man's just what's needed by workerHESITANTDDown 18: Extraterrestrial's son's declining witsCOMICSDDown 20: Need university dons to write linesPENURYDDown 21: Nutty Scottish leader once losing faceALMONDDDown 23: Amateur in prison making way upSTAIRDDown 24: Zest revolutionised hot sugary drinksGUSTO