The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 1st April 2008

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 1st April 2008. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	A maths problem, not at all a good wheeze
AAcross 5:	Anagrammatical one that had a navigational riddle
AAcross 8:	Evict - for vandalising the pitch?
AAcross 9:	Regular choir leader (who shall be nameless) in charge
AAcross 11:	From an aunt - OAPs' bliss! - from today, free from 16 to North 19	NATIONALBUSPASS
AAcross 12:	See 21
AAcross 13:	Turn round a tune, following 6th century to 19th century stuff
AAcross 17:	Early caller for artist to have oxygen injected into face and arm	RADIOALARM
AAcross 18:	Craving for which, if with head, use thumb
AAcross 20:	Order transmissions worn by lord mayors?	CHAINSOFCOMMAND
AAcross 23:	Spanish dance for Italian island in one replaced by article
AAcross 24:	Exposes method of flying in the face of the public?
AAcross 25:	Function of traditional alias is bar to communication
AAcross 26:	Bird-like sound of river by old folks' home
DDown 2:	Poet's home for d___ bad girls rising to the top	STRATFORD
DDown 3:	Sounds that act as jinx
DDown 4:	Central square in current test concerned with insurance
DDown 5:	German consent for horse and sheep
DDown 6:	Little things score in government job
DDown 7:	Girl left home with lawman	LINDA
DDown 8:	What comes down crushingly is too much for hod carrier	TONOFBRICKS
DDown 10:	Partially eclipse beast, concealing a hiding place these days	CASTASHADOW
DDown 14:	Renegades making Ascot?
DDown 15:	Profuse thanks surrounding painter after first coat?
DDown 16:	Hackneyed stuff, Snout's part here
DDown 19:	Here, I hesitate to say, boy has abandoned the North
DDown 21:	Philanderer turns up having left model among bathers - not you, of course
DDown 22:	Democrat circle upset a fairy