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    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..
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    Number# Clue Answer
    AAcross 1: Spare the criminal a list of his crimes
    AAcross 6: Ex-pat changes first name to Charlie for some protection
    AAcross 9: Addict returns with essentially filthy product
    AAcross 10: Sea creature shows weak balance with oxygen originally depleted
    AAcross 11: Break up site calling for abolition of imperial measure
    AAcross 13: Deep line used by this painter
    AAcross 15: Deal with motorway getting flooded by river
    AAcross 17: Polish yearly statement acknowledging a lack of alternative options?
    AAcross 18: Stop me wandering haphazardly through village
    AAcross 19: Endless slander I attributed to old girls and boys
    AAcross 21: Brilliant and popular among cast
    AAcross 22: Diplomatic tool for long distance communication
    AAcross 25: They're mine workers on leave
    AAcross 26: Trendy bright female, at heart, is a poser
    AAcross 28: Direct progress
    AAcross 29: Straighten out to take left? The reverse actually
    DDown 2: Point of no return for champion
    DDown 3: Trained guardians removing grid where it gets quite hot
    DDown 4: Get ground floor flat after applicationENTRYLEVEL
    DDown 5: Troop learns to avoid the regular drinkers
    DDown 6: Rude sentry's edging away from royal greeting
    DDown 7: Some log in with permutation of made up expression
    DDown 8: Reformed Serb covered in praise for comment
    DDown 12: Just like that, perhaps, net reportedly unravels
    DDown 12: Just like that, perhaps, net reportedly unravels
    DDown 14: Congress makes standard complaint about India
    DDown 16: Family bank Spooner dismissed as stupid and sillyMUMANDDAD
    DDown 20: Augment noise of horn by adding occasional flux
    DDown 23: She sounds out difficult note for singerHEIDI
    DDown 24: Not working — had to slow consumption in the end
    DDown 27: It expresses indifference about margin being raised?MEH
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