The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 21st April 2022 There are 16 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 21st April 2022. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Spare the criminal a list of his crimesRAP SHEETAAcross 6: Ex-pat changes first name to Charlie for some protectionCONDOMAAcross 9: Addict returns with essentially filthy productRESULTAAcross 10: Sea creature shows weak balance with oxygen originally depletedPORPOISEAAcross 11: Break up site calling for abolition of imperial measureSCRAPYARDAAcross 13: Deep line used by this painterLOWRYAAcross 15: Deal with motorway getting flooded by riverTIMBERAAcross 17: Polish yearly statement acknowledging a lack of alternative options?PATINAAAcross 18: Stop me wandering haphazardly through villageHAMLETAAcross 19: Endless slander I attributed to old girls and boysALUMNIAAcross 21: Brilliant and popular among castSHINYAAcross 22: Diplomatic tool for long distance communicationMEGAPHONEAAcross 25: They're mine workers on leaveHANDS-OFFAAcross 26: Trendy bright female, at heart, is a poserENIGMAAAcross 28: Direct progressHEAD-ONAAcross 29: Straighten out to take left? The reverse actuallyPUT RIGHTDDown 2: Point of no return for championACEDDown 3: Trained guardians removing grid where it gets quite hotSAUNADDown 4: Get ground floor flat after applicationENTRYLEVELDDown 5: Troop learns to avoid the regular drinkersTOPERSDDown 6: Rude sentry's edging away from royal greetingCURTDDown 7: Some log in with permutation of made up expressionNEOLOGISMDDown 8: Reformed Serb covered in praise for commentOBSERVATIONDDown 12: Just like that, perhaps, net reportedly unravelsCATCH PHRASEDDown 12: Just like that, perhaps, net reportedly unravelsCATCHPHRASEDDown 14: Congress makes standard complaint about IndiaPARLIAMENTDDown 16: Family bank Spooner dismissed as stupid and sillyMUMANDDADDDown 20: Augment noise of horn by adding occasional fluxBEEF UPDDown 23: She sounds out difficult note for singerHEIDIDDown 24: Not working — had to slow consumption in the endDOWNDDown 27: It expresses indifference about margin being raised?MEH