The Guardian Everyman Answers - Sunday, 18th April 2004 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Everyman crossword on Sunday, 18th April 2004. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Everyman AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Lack in desertDEFECTAAcross 4: One who's worked with mummy?EMBALMERAAcross 9: Spanish girl in Caribbean islandMARGARITAAAcross 11: Floral feature in ring worn by tenorPETALAAcross 12: Stuff round end of meringue?CREAMAAcross 13: Esteem shown in a piece of direct speechADORATIONAAcross 14: Men, losing face, caught by artful chap with sniffer dogAFFENPINSCHERAAcross 18: Punish errant fathead cruellyTAR-AND-FEATHERAAcross 20: Extinct reptile and raptor, last to survive us possiblyPTEROSAURAAcross 22: Latest of journalists to pen an exclusiveSCOOPAAcross 24: I complain about Ruth's mother-in-lawNAOMIAAcross 25: Droppings are found at end of the Square - overalls requiredDUNGAREESAAcross 26: Hemp, perhaps?POT PLANTAAcross 27: When one chooses to use a plough round onset of winterAT WILLDDown 1: Party member in protest meeting about blacklegDEMOCRATDDown 2: In favour of church's influenceFORCEDDown 3: Collier - heartless one, man due for retrainingCOAL MINERDDown 3: Collier - heartless one, man due for retrainingCOALMINERDDown 5: Flowering plant, mystical for a few nomadsMEADOW SAFFRONDDown 6: Leading Greek character in local pharmacyALPHADDown 7: Head of family in secret society cut during processionMATRIARCHDDown 8: Become less severe about period of self-denialRELENTDDown 10: Tending aralia? Unlikely here at Blenheim Palace, sayITALIANGARDENDDown 15: Provided suitable solicitor to ring editorFITTED OUTDDown 16: Leader's sharp gaining initial advantageHEAD STARTDDown 17: Offer to support old girlPROPOSALDDown 19: Become more communicative, ring writer at universityOPEN UPDDown 21: Loire's seen vaguely from bay windowORIELDDown 23: Old boy, priest, is showing signsOBELI