The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 15th April 2016 There are 15 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 15th April 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: Letter from Scotsman in POW camp returnedGALATIANSAAcross 8: An hour and two thirds to dress Posh SpiceCUMINAAcross 9: Erotic dancing over seven month time period aiding childbirthOBSTETRICAAcross 10: It should be impossible to pick husband largely on chum's tipCHUBBAAcross 12: Ignore wife in labour, longing to be back in Scottish islandsORKNEYAAcross 13: Cockney retained or kept old soap from the ’90sEL DORADOAAcross 13: Cockney retained or kept old soap from the ’90sELDORADOAAcross 16: Antlers composed of boneSTERNALAAcross 19: Taken aback by a boring legal document, one listing goodsWAYBILLAAcross 22: More 3 in job scene, reportedlyOBSCENERAAcross 25: One in pursuit of raw meat dishCHILLIAAcross 27: Runs off and weds, unclothed and hungryUNFEDAAcross 28: Clue 9 as "eccentric economist's acolyte"KEYNESIANAAcross 29: Run away from stiff brushCOPSEAAcross 30: Church loves to plug support for educationSCHOOLINGDDown 1: Sheepish labourer, first to bathe in the sea at CalaisLAMBERDDown 2: Perhaps catch nothing, upset about cricket practiceFASTENERDDown 3: Despicable file they have finally redacted twiceFILTHYDDown 4: Ban organisation over rackets involving drug and spiritsUNDINESDDown 5: Source gold after gold filling falls out of toothAUTHORDDown 6: Partly believes in Badger, storybook hero!SINBADDDown 11: Thought Gide gag no good at allIDEADDown 14: Like inhaling air in northern French cityAMIDDown 15: Cry for attention close to waterfall animated OliveOYLDDown 16: Anti-corruption agency as of now regularly failingSFODDown 17: See 14ENSDDown 18: Article read aloud for QueenANNEDDown 20: Loveless lad is left confused and aloneBYITSELFDDown 21: County evacuated after historic forest fireARDENCYDDown 23: Judge supporting embargo on outsize instrumentsBANJOSDDown 24: Bottom of league in Cheshire and East Lancashire?CHEESEDDown 25: Pointless snooker shot from John Higgins's sixth frame of OpenCANNONDDown 26: Got to know sailors in leathers, half-cutLEARNT