The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 1st April 2011 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 1st April 2011. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Broken zip not that unknown — fasten with another fastenerSAFETY PINAAcross 6: Relaxed about a bit of bad languageCOBOLAAcross 9: Topless look that is weirdEERIEAAcross 10: It left USA and nearing Ireland all starts going wrongLUSITANIAAAcross 11: Hull builders on Tyneside, one searching for a pen?SWANHUNTERAAcross 12: 11's first and 17's last 24 nowCOBHAAcross 14: Excellent measure included in newspaperSTELLARAAcross 15: Wreck lower-class party after 24 drunkTORPEDOAAcross 17: Very big, otherwise can double itTITANICAAcross 19: The good bilingual soldier's back in baseIGNOBLEAAcross 20: In seas unkind, as were the 10 and 17 — by 15 and 19 downSUNKAAcross 22: Former name for 12's gay community?QUEENSTOWNAAcross 25: Swear word alien to sailor, as mine isEXPLOSIVEAAcross 26: How one may get taken in black cab, after having a turnABACKAAcross 27: King cobra's no horse — it's a snakeKRAITAAcross 28: Lack of bend in river? Design is faultyRIGIDNESSDDown 1: What builders get from designer glassesSPECSDDown 2: Sky decided on the last word at end of broadcastFIRMAMENTDDown 3: Female setter in mood to conformTOE THE LINEDDown 4: Heading for 24, liner's lost in the drinkPILSNERDDown 5: Most inquisitive regarding lack of short nap?NOSIESTDDown 6: Censor part of Tosca, repeatedlyCATODDown 7: Game where you have to discard key ringBINGODDown 8: Detestable motel has ordered nothing inLOATHSOMEDDown 13: Magnificent support for long-running TV showGRANDSTANDDDown 14: Note time bone reaches highest point, as it wereSO TO SPEAKDDown 16: Apply lotion to injured toe with care, after ringing doctorEMBROCATEDDown 18: One taking messages for newspaperCOURIERDDown 19: Diver caught one coming up for something to eatICEBERGDDown 21: Leather from goatskin, apparentlyNAPPADDown 23: 20 at sea, split in two by English bombsNUKESDDown 24: What's left as alternatives for Parliament's most extreme characterPORT