The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 12th April 2013 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 12th April 2013. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Play this or nothing?HOBSON'S CHOICEAAcross 10: Doctor v Nurse: a film's content for all to seeUNIVERSALAAcross 11: Measure from right, right aroundGIRTHAAcross 12: Potty adult's potty? Extremely potty!LOOPYAAcross 13: Beat meat, like ’50s maleLAMBASTEDAAcross 14: Solomon's head due to be splashed in some water then?TUESDAYAAcross 16: Rare element of mildly obscene, topless turns touring IndonesiaYTTRIUMAAcross 18: Female to demand backing material for recordSHELLACAAcross 20: County dread losing English opener, a great cutterBUCKSAWAAcross 21: Muscles working to absorb iron in mealREFECTIONAAcross 23: What whistle-blower may say about a physicistFERMIAAcross 24: Revered female poets regularly are reflectingERATOAAcross 25: Pot ball flukily here at last, having previously pocketed nothing?POOL TABLEAAcross 26: Play sonata with feet only, your hands initially being incapacitatedATASTEOFHONEYDDown 2: Period piece in igloo starts off meltingOLIGOCENEDDown 3: Sickly children coming up to the Fourth of JulySEEDYDDown 4: North America's partner, in a manner of speakingNASALLYDDown 5: Best name given to the Big Apple's mud pieCALUMNYDDown 6: Debauched stoic with unlimited Viagra supplyORGIASTICDDown 7: Exhibition of Toulouse-Lautrec (or other artist)COROTDDown 8: Play the standard wayQUALITYSTREETDDown 9: Play Vladimir or Estragon in mime?THEDUMBWAITERDDown 15: Crazy recipe replaced by chef's starter, so mouth-wateringDELICIOUSDDown 17: In running for cover, lesbian freely admits "game up"INSURABLEDDown 19: Lame duck's third to make wavesCRIPPLEDDown 20: Research scientist (apparently) out, entertaining fit guy: not hard to play hookyBUNK OFFDDown 22: Binge eating primarily found in tipsy lovelorn …FEASTDDown 23: … person that's overweight, finally breaking settee after part exchangeFATSO