The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 6th May 2011 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 6th May 2011. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: French town's brochure revised? Good!CHERBOURGAAcross 6: Make sense of some bad duplicationADD UPAAcross 9: Mountain's hard — one of the highest gradeALPHAAAcross 10: Discharge from English graduate societyEMANATIONAAcross 11: People of fashion subsequently thwart explorerSHACKLETONAAcross 12: Starts to seem ludicrous under resounding disparagementSLURAAcross 14: Soprano gets each singer fishSEA BASSAAcross 15: Snack becomes drier in hamperTOASTIEAAcross 17: Consumed by one reclining in the studioATELIERAAcross 19: Beg to keep southeast happyPLEASEDAAcross 20: Removal of weight from golf club gives advantageEDGEAAcross 22: Arachnophobe to avoid blunder with alienMISSMUFFETAAcross 25: Ban Alec or Dicky in SpainBARCELONAAAcross 26: Government interrupts total exterminationPURGEAAcross 27: Woman books for occasionEVENTAAcross 28: Parade she organised from the vanSPEARHEADDDown 1: Riding gear for menCHAPSDDown 2: Dana peels off by the seasideESPLANADEDDown 3: Ban old priests with convictions initially for witchcraftBLACK MAGICDDown 4: Consume a smaller quantity? It's of no avail!USELESSDDown 5: Tackle in Indian state contestGO ABOUTDDown 6: A crazy, upwardly-mobile architectADAMDDown 7: D stream in schoolDRILLDDown 8: Bird cooked around noon for correspondentPEN-FRIENDDDown 13: Extreme sportsperson's home on JerseyBASEJUMPERDDown 14: Marten eats fish that can be agitatedSHAKEABLEDDown 16: Working party in time demand chief engineerTASK FORCEDDown 18: It's very expensive in old university in RussiaRUINOUSDDown 19: Attendant keeps donkey in the hallPASSAGEDDown 21: Shrub wound round poleGORSEDDown 23: Rage makes Tory leader tear apartTRENDDDown 24: Ridicule the first person in French streetJEST