The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 14th April 2022 There are 16 across clues and 12 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 14th April 2022. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Little old star, no posh godOSIRISAAcross 5: Crossing the globe, exceedingly word-wiseVERBALLYAAcross 9: Takes liberties quietly and then gets back to businessPRESUMESAAcross 10: Open up, as you might say, an old letterUNCIALAAcross 11: Snow? All right to seek shelter in churchCOKEAAcross 12: What's spewed out by politicians, ladies and gentlemen?LAVATORIESAAcross 13: Over and done with computers etc — too oldPASTITAAcross 14: Promoter travels by ship, it's said, to islandSALESMANAAcross 16: Viewer more adventurous — what's being screened?BEHOLDERAAcross 19: Old-fashioned US politician with something lyricalDEMODEAAcross 21: Inflexible, as Stalin once could beNONELASTICAAcross 23: Wife badly affected, just a bitWHITAAcross 24: Conservative lot with love for something inexpensiveCHEAPOAAcross 25: Bits of stone troubling the lionsNEOLITHSAAcross 26: Dark liquid that could be cloudierCRUDE OILAAcross 27: Rock is first thing for teenagers after schoolSCHISTDDown 2: Guest room rather awkward for baby carrierSURROGATE MOTHERDDown 3: To sit down outside wood is most foolishRASHESTDDown 4: What troubles me is adult being affectedSIMULATEDDDown 5: One corresponding offers two similar endorsements, one deficientVIS-A-VISDDown 6: Stir created by retreats with slight confusion at the endROUSTDDown 7: Worm is found at foot of a cliffASCARISDDown 8: What could become a son's lavish feed?LOAVESANDFISHESDDown 15: Absurd English not to be found in our clues, I'd fancyLUDICROUSDDown 17: Quantity of works with no dateOPERANDDDown 18: Viewer's screen's made of metal with authentic coatingRETINALDDown 20: Sentimental mum with desire to restrict kid, initiallyMAWKISHDDown 22: Past attempt to one's heart's desireAGOGO