The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 25th April 2023 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 25th April 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Father is with child? It's really excitingFRISSONAAcross 5: Artist employed by Olympic AssociationPICASSOAAcross 9: The first part of vital phaseALPHAAAcross 10: Compete with purpose for positionVIEWPOINTAAcross 11: Tiny resilient creature is slow sort, they sayTARDIGRADEAAcross 12: Subdued when there aren't many exciting openingsTAMEAAcross 14: It's made two composers get drunk in the East EndRHYMING SLANGAAcross 18: Joining service again when lenient terms revisedREENLISTMENTAAcross 21: Put flags on quiet little streetPAVEAAcross 22: Cruelly treated aide blurts out …BRUTALISEDAAcross 25: … 'give over jerk' and becomes fitfulSTOPSTARTAAcross 26: Setter's intention to return to city once associated with viceMIAMIAAcross 27: One favouring state involvement went firstLEFTISTAAcross 28: Strong bet, having inside informationPUNGENTDDown 1: Extremely fine admiral totally generates strong allegianceFEALTYDDown 2: In central Crimea, expat's sortie creates supplyIMPARTDDown 3: Devastating outbreak involving strange pains and bizarre flushSPANISHFLUDDown 4: At no time does doubling it provide extended payment termsNEVERDDown 5: Dumpy one's in trouble for creating new identityPSEUDONYMDDown 6: Criminal head of international ringCAPODDown 7: Go quietly when adding 9 to launch areaSLIP AWAYDDown 8: Override available studyOUTWEIGHDDown 13: A poor innings by chap lacking a partnerASINGLEMANDDown 15: Vandal toppled crane that's shrouded in fogMISCREANTDDown 16: One paid companion to go over large submissionPROPOSALDDown 17: Holidays cancelled? You're jokingLEAVE OFFDDown 19: Scarper with key copyESCAPEDDown 20: Commercial break is lacking purposeADRIFTDDown 23: Calculate best cover for worker's groupTOT UPDDown 24: It's a rising wine regionASTI