The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 12th April 2023 There are 15 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 12th April 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Cleaner tackles little boy's chamberBEDROOMAAcross 5: Best clothes seen on TV?TOPGEARAAcross 9: Nothing good is postponedONICEAAcross 10: Sid's organ playing 'Stop' and 'Roundabout'?ROADSIGNSAAcross 11: Fruity red and triple sec seen drunk in styleDRESSSENSEAAcross 12: Drink in Wetherspoons, for example, 20% offCHAIAAcross 14: Sophisticated magazineCOSMOPOLITANAAcross 18: Start of 21 badly needs a wash, extremely dirtyASH WEDNESDAYAAcross 21: Essentially gifted and advancedLENTAAcross 22: Medical device for reading pet barcodes?CAT SCANNERAAcross 25: Mineral water finally on a table as fluidALABASTERAAcross 26: Opening of cinema features parts of filmsCLIPSAAcross 27: Letter only composed to inspire anotherYPSILONAAcross 28: Could Solomon be a member of the Mafia?WISE GUYAAcross 28: Could Solomon be a member of the Mafia?WISEGUYDDown 1: Curse? He'll go redBLOODYDDown 2: One travelling down Amazon, perhapsDRIVERDDown 3: Old server's corrupted — firm employed draws lines throughOVERSCORESDDown 4: ../-./.../.--././-.-./-/---/.-. ?MORSEDDown 5: Wanting independence, instructs naughty pets in parts of churchTRANSEPTSDDown 6: Ask to sitPOSEDDown 7: For example, going back and forth grappling with cooking ingredientEGG WHITEDDown 8: PM once ignoring head of Treasury to protect Welsh woman and foreign nationals?RUSSIANSDDown 13: Permissions for king put in jail with occasional accessCLEARANCESDDown 15: 'This war's over!' — that fake article by nuclear projectMANHATTANDDown 16: Spooner's hirsute man in prayerHAIL MARYDDown 17: Chats with mate endlessly next to footballers' partnersCHINWAGSDDown 19: Veiled legend in grand finaleENDINGDDown 20: Reliable Tory trading gold for iron oxide?TRUSTYDDown 23: Guard's companySCREWDDown 24: PIN number 1150?NAIL