The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 6th May 2016 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 6th May 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Beat second-rate oriental political partyBELABOURAAcross 9: "Wimble", the fortune-teller's announcedAUGERAAcross 10: Flag lifting deviceJACKAAcross 11: Look down on rubbish program rangeDISAPPROVEAAcross 12: Conservative type seen on the board?SQUAREAAcross 14: Ground relies on dramatic locationELSINOREAAcross 16: As a potential Superman convert, Yank joins new area of LondonKENTISHAAcross 18: One married, having sex after one was expectingAWAITEDAAcross 21: Furtive and hot inside enclosure holding duckSTEALTHYAAcross 23: Put your foot down as a plantsmanHEELINAAcross 24: Sell a very large quantity of paint mixed with pitted oil in glueGOPLATINUMAAcross 26: Sea mist that allows instrumentalist to stopFRETAAcross 27: Pay No 10, possiblySCREWAAcross 28: Who aims to settle a dispute?DUELLISTDDown 1: Bowls Quant designed with number one wrappingPETANQUEDDown 2: Hut, entrance gone, fellHACKDDown 3: It's easy to act "daughter led astray"DODDLEDDown 4: Beastly breast flutter's hidden dangerBRISKETDDown 5: Catch on topless grateRASPDDown 6: Magnify sum of money one invested in sage manoeuvreAGGRANDISEDDown 7: It motivates split between US partiesDRIVERDDown 13: Walker might precede it with impertinence in TubeART GALLERYDDown 15: Saying "clean up", endlesslySAWDDown 17: Where to film a burrow?SETDDown 19: Pepys possibly swallowing lie about reason for getting fitEPILEPSYDDown 20: Male children's book character heard singing in church?HYMNODYDDown 22: Philosophy causing communist to swap sidesTAOISMDDown 23: Shape of a twice-married female externallyHAMMERDDown 25: See 16TOWNDDown 26: Crocodile document holderFILE