The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 28th October 2011 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 28th October 2011. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Superb conductor, he manages to restrain pianoCOPPERAAcross 4: Several lights here ruin other non-British football broadcast liveTHEROOTAAcross 9: Outlaw with forged tokens promises to payBANKNOTESAAcross 10: Restaurant's short of water, most of it 1 acrossBRASSAAcross 11: Place in Belgium's not the same after bum goes eastLIEGEAAcross 12: Scotch reuse plug or stickSUPERGLUEAAcross 13: Sets up a classic day — it's about to startREADIESAAcross 15: Two plus eleven minus one, amazinglyTWELVEAAcross 17: Sweet FA rejected short cutAFTERSAAcross 19: Lay clues out at care centreSECULARAAcross 22: Thump 23, say, for one of our old 9POUNDNOTEAAcross 24: Formal greeting in Spanglish joint?ELBOWAAcross 26: He's a believer in India's contribution to growth industriesHINDUAAcross 27: Insist I put frying pan outsideSTIPULATEAAcross 28: Cuts little bits of enamel article into flowerTEETHESAAcross 29: Regular features of start-up sites in banksTRUSTSDDown 1: He hammers last Aussie mate left inCOBBLERDDown 2: Tracy's not taking sides in changePENCEDDown 3: Meanie comic is weenier comicERNIEWISEDDown 4: A drunk forward is better than a drunk backTOSSPOTDDown 5: Not much warmth there after MP struck leaderEMBERDDown 6: See 4 acrossOFALLEVILDDown 7: He may dip his 24 in to find old coinTESTERDDown 8: No movement without altering street firstSTASISDDown 14: Distributing this wealth with it may be ineffectualAFFLUENCEDDown 16: Former PM's retreat reduced Osborne's remitEXCHEQUERDDown 18: Married couple employs small potty in frontSPOUSESDDown 19: Spades bent piece, not 9SPECIEDDown 20: Bad news in Cape shows inexperienceRAWNESSDDown 21: Outcome of paparazzo's rude pic?UPSHOTDDown 23: Maggie T's ultimate foreign secretary's emolument?DOUGHDDown 25: Banks lose thousands investing euros in oil sourceBEANS