The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 2nd April 2015 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 2nd April 2015. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Old advertiser's royal links, a lot cut shortSANDWICHAAcross 6: School place found earlier, quite a coupPUTSCHAAcross 9: Part of a county custom it may suit Imogen to hackRIDINGAAcross 10: Square fruit, second one guy replacesBANDANNAAAcross 11: One way to get restaurant tip? I'm about to tell youWAITFORITAAcross 13: See 9HABITAAcross 15: Back in a momentSECONDAAcross 17: Idle part of field difficult to turn overFIDDLEAAcross 18: Frustrate check on taxSCOTCHAAcross 19: 10 head back for costume drama featureBONNETAAcross 21: See 29DROPSAAcross 22: College oddly calm with undergraduate finally in cellCORPUSCLEAAcross 25: Advantage is seized by partners on the sideEDGEWISEAAcross 26: Street guide not needed in new magazine puzzleENIGMAAAcross 28: Spirited, if small, yet insecureFEISTYAAcross 29: I now understand effect of minor currency devaluationTHEPENNYDDown 2: Would you count me as a friend?AMIDDown 3: See 8DRIFTDDown 4: Healthy policeman lucky to be working here?INGOODNICKDDown 5: Insolence I brush asideHUBRISDDown 6: Metallic sound as thin piece of steel lands on surface of groundPINGDDown 7: Pull back, having eaten badly out here?TEA GARDENDDown 8: Abstemious man meaning to construct scientific theoryCONTINENTALDDown 12: Not quite rate game a tricky proposition (but it is!)ASSESBRIDGEDDown 14: Bishop cooked food in small churchMINORPIECEDDown 16: Our prices are shocking: we rake it inCROUPIERSDDown 20: Get mad alternative to using something?LOSE ITDDown 23: Steal and use cardSWIPEDDown 24: Flexibly strong, one's twisted roundWIRYDDown 27: See 1MAN