The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 28th August 2015 There are 16 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 28th August 2015. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Beaten about at noon, took a brief restCATNAPPEDAAcross 6: One's up for an amendmentRIDERAAcross 9: Corporate Scotland welcomes big businessTESCOAAcross 10: Born again, I survived after a renaissanceREDIVIVUSAAcross 11: Spring plantHOPAAcross 12: Wife — Sagittarius, for example, should I be able to count on her?SIGNIFICANTAAcross 14: Even parts of soup turned over three times is soupPOTTAGEAAcross 15: Silent hiding place for pipeMUSETTEAAcross 16: Dope and heroin in film like Women In Love?SAPPHICAAcross 19: Ultimately ear piercing to arouse a tiny part of the ear?STIRRUPAAcross 22: Finish puzzle in another language?FLOORPOLISHAAcross 23: Reptile like python, primarilyASPAAcross 24: Back of a lorry, where dog and pig diedTAILBOARDAAcross 26: See 12OTHERAAcross 27: Dog caught in bear's clutchesPOOCHAAcross 28: Twelve-year-old, say, short bird astride foal?TWEENAGERDDown 1: Get the latest gossip from malicious woman, friend not entirely pleased, initiallyCATCH UPDDown 1: Get the latest gossip from malicious woman, friend not entirely pleased, initiallyCATCHUPDDown 2: Throw prize in boozerTOSSPOTDDown 3: Accelerator in order going into hamster as swervingATOM SMASHERDDown 4: Bad man following good in canoePIROGUEDDown 5: Stop welcoming platform for the art of incongruityDADAISMDDown 6: Vicar's cycleREVDDown 7: Irregular green semicircle turns up on top of tableDEVIANTDDown 8: Pinned up in epaulettes, ornate badge of honourROSETTEDDown 13: An 11-2 win ordered with chips?IPSWICHTOWNDDown 16: Convertible, piano to pianoSOFTTOPDDown 17: Stipulation for and against one's opinion, at firstPROVISODDown 18: One leaving location shivering — what made the temperature drop?COOLANTDDown 19: Fiddle only, nothing less, eclipsing trumpets and flutes etcSWINDLEDDown 20: One driver blocking another, reportedly drove over cornerROAD HOGDDown 20: One driver blocking another, reportedly drove over cornerROADHOGDDown 21: Prepare cracks, one covering surface with fine materialPAPERERDDown 25: I'm disgusted by all hapless leadersBAH