The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 1st May 2015 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 1st May 2015. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Tree-hugging Eisenhower devoured Livy in translationIVYLIKEAAcross 5: Is his art misanthropic, as some maintain?PICASSOAAcross 10: Opponent fit to tackle the Greens?ANTIAAcross 11: Carpenter's gadget pinhead left in chimney anglePLUMB LEVELAAcross 12: Medic with sick girl runs off to find 4's childMOWGLIAAcross 13: Paintings are picked up in gallery compoundTARTRATEAAcross 14: He got pit renewed to accommodate Barnum's first circusTHEBIGTOPAAcross 16: Where various leaders of British Empire are buried? YesABBEYAAcross 17: Guy turned to welcome English poetYEATSAAcross 19: Rod and his bird start to protest: "Drop your gun!"STICKEMUPAAcross 23: Second mole crosses ebbing river fasterSPEEDIERAAcross 24: See 7BEAUTYAAcross 26: Star declines to hug female occupants of bedSUNFLOWERSAAcross 27: Take the end of August off to beat depressionHUMPAAcross 28: Timeless web ringing Yankee cityNEW YORKAAcross 29: Riding apaceASTRIDEDDown 2: Artist's very excited about knight on horseVAN GOGHDDown 3: Deceitful salesman evades answeringLYINGDDown 4: Top man secures first place for authorKIPLINGDDown 6: See 7ISBORNDDown 7: 17's line suggesting tours in Abbey should be organisedATERRIBLEDDown 8: Pet's small (very small) and gameSWEETIEDDown 9: Fanatic jousts with Conservatives over singular work by 4JUSTSOSTORIESDDown 15: Batsman's opening, wholly in control of fine strokeBUTTERFLYDDown 18: Parisian art model entertains high-class championESPOUSEDDown 20: Former measures cramp society paintersCUBISTSDDown 21: Fierce Unionist called to lash Tory leaderUNTAMEDDDown 22: Trying to hurry occasionally creates hardshipRIGOURDDown 25: Shrink from head office infiltrates a branchABHOR