The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 25th May 2012 There are 17 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 25th May 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Fruit to make one quiet after horseplayROSE HIPAAcross 1: Fruit to make one quiet after horseplayROSEHIPAAcross 5: Old instrument to call Scots girlREBECCAAAcross 9: Doctor Livingstone keeps nations together in liquorDRUNKENAAcross 10: Garment with which some spell 20SINGLETAAcross 11: Human error pictures one of the 23 acrossNAHUMTATEAAcross 12: Hunter owned by Dettori onceORIONAAcross 13: Way said to be problematic for lame dogSTYLEAAcross 15: Prize for fool, something of a triumph to be given KPOTASSIUMAAcross 17: One of 23 across has same problem with the other horsesMASEFIELDAAcross 19: Is it sane for one to keep moving?NOMADAAcross 22: Poetical outcry — one leftLYRICAAcross 23: US city's austere characters assembled as prizewinnersLAUREATESAAcross 25: Unlucky to lose leader, splashes outHAPLESSAAcross 26: The lady's seizing gold pound with one person to carry itHAULIERAAcross 27: Reserved "Holy Queen" for crooked lawyerSHYSTERAAcross 28: Supply what was wanted, for instance, including clenched fist?SATISFYDDown 1: Yorkshire tracks?RIDINGSDDown 2: Small change with opposition to one of 23 acrossSOUTHEYDDown 3: Warrant in piece of Pooh's nonsenseHOKUMDDown 4: Geordies' application to come into big house for fruitPINEAPPLEDDown 5: Tea or cider for her?ROSIEDDown 6: One of 23 across is good about orders I left outBEN JONSONDDown 7: Small room at home, one to welcome Renaissance manCELLINIDDown 8: Friend of Caesar, J., or the oppositeANTONYMDDown 14: Swear blind, perhaps, to incite revolution that will do its jobEFFICIENTDDown 16: One of 23 across constructed hedge thusTED HUGHESDDown 17: Pure Scotch religious reformer and demographerMALTHUSDDown 18: Difficult agent left climbing inSTROPPYDDown 20: Non-drinker among utility providers giving serviceMATTINSDDown 21: Eliminate your lot with exchange of constituents of ironDESTROYDDown 23: See some service that will never be any good?LOSERDDown 24: Triumph for old flame last monthEXULT