The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 1st April 2005 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 1st April 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Disparage exercise to discover the secretDECRYPTAAcross 5: Time to dress? That's rubbish!GARBAGEAAcross 10: Old tribe reflected fashionEDOMAAcross 11: Fashion from Dior's a help with a round figureSPHEROIDALAAcross 12: Lubricant for performersGREASEAAcross 13: Unusual rainfall in North WalesLLANFAIRAAcross 14: Foreign cops seem grand, if disorganisedGENDARMESAAcross 16: Reason traditionally lost at OxfordCAUSEAAcross 17: Grammarian who makes a bundleTRUSSAAcross 19: Quiet-spoken, like some windowsSHUTTEREDAAcross 23: Is Harpo Marx starting to make a witty sallyAPHORISMAAcross 24: Sloth of one rejecting helpACEDIAAAcross 26: With nothing sure, grasp fails - but it wasn't worth the effortSOUR GRAPESAAcross 27: Beams said to be upliftingRAYSAAcross 28: Explanatory text about feetLEGENDSAAcross 29: Designer of hog register?STYLISTDDown 2: Back last runner, which failed to startENDORSEDDown 3: Cut the cake and have a danceRUMBADDown 4: Purest article devised by a scientistPASTEURDDown 6: Sky pilot displaying a bit of religious maniaAIRMANDDown 7: Short action that may be open and shut?BRIEFCASEDDown 8: Boxer goes round with footballersGOALIESDDown 9: Reformed Chapel anthems used to promote the virtues of waterCHELTENHAMSPADDown 15: Noisy entertainment sure ruins conversationDISCOURSEDDown 18: Censure players over performanceREPROVEDDown 20: Passing fancy isn't artTRANSITDDown 21: Furies in Ireland? Indeed!ERINYESDDown 22: Enigmatic champion of Countryside Alliance?NIMRODDDown 25: Loner reforms to join upENROL