The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 11th April 2014 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 11th April 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Conservative scoundrel concealing one plot from the rightHIDEBOUNDAAcross 6: Island where the devout may be found?INCHAAcross 10: In France a fantastic bird twirls round — one's hornyCORNUAAcross 11: Lamb etc? Tries to eat firstESSAYISTSAAcross 12: This author, originator of stanza, writes to the QueenSPENSERAAcross 13: Picaroon's on your side in Muslim territoryIMAMATEAAcross 14: US president's fighting to restrain Republican — and he's strugglingWARREN HARDINGAAcross 17: Congress briefly working with English cabinetONE-NIGHT STANDAAcross 21: Distaste as hopeless sandwiches sold from here, possiblyTEASHOPAAcross 22: £50 stashed in gold through deposits between banksALLUVIAAAcross 24: In America, plant leaders of Soviet partisans to assassinate presidentSPICE BUSHAAcross 24: In America, plant leaders of Soviet partisans to assassinate presidentSPICEBUSHAAcross 25: Get lost in Rheims, hitch-hikingIMSHIAAcross 26: A little hearing problemSOMEAAcross 27: Knock hole at the front of one jarDENIGRATEDDown 1: Journalists who keep saying cutting thingsHACKSAWSDDown 2: Lament return of internet network?DIRGEDDown 3: Titillating lady — she does dances to get the King's numberBLUESUEDESHOESDDown 4: A hunter forced ferret outUNEARTHDDown 5: Good-for-nothing gathering tip from Iraq for this report?DOSSIERDDown 7: What's lost again aroused such a feeling?NOSTALGIADDown 8: Soft ex-Chinese leader gets cast offHUSHEDDDown 9: Is this simply dealing crookedly? That's about rightPYRAMIDSELLINGDDown 15: Pronounced oddness raging in bigotryRHOTACISMDDown 16: Business one's invested in that is to make things perfectIDEALISEDDown 18: Appropriate introduction from EzraIMPOUNDDDown 19: It's barbaric to stick farmyard animal in the ovenHEATHENDDown 20: What is extremely stagnant and unalteredSTASISDDown 23: Time to block credit card — perspective's required!VISTA