The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 13th May 2016 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 13th May 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Newspaper's exposed detectives in harem, wrong time for a drinkTHESUNSAAcross 5: See 1OVERTHEAAcross 9: Let sound be heardALOUDAAcross 10: A kind of exit on cueEXECUTIONAAcross 11: With ultimate skill, collecting finished vehicleHOVERCRAFTAAcross 12: Card players?CLUBAAcross 14: Only women can be cruel at name-callingNOMENCLATUREAAcross 18: Burrow returning yield to fill barrel for playerCASSETTE DECKAAcross 21: See 24ROOMAAcross 22: We hate having no backing nor covering etcANDWHATNOTAAcross 25: Start to crow, as very cautious birdCASSOWARYAAcross 26: Not right to enter a property to steal a musical instrumentBUGLEAAcross 27: Accommodates forcesOBLIGESAAcross 28: See 1YARDARMDDown 1: Tasteless tree-hugging endeavourTRASHYDDown 2: No case for gun to changeEVOLVEDDown 3: Hush-hush when in bed?UNDERCOVERDDown 4: Shark cutSHEARDDown 5: Honest kind of sandwich, top end, no crust, with coffee coming upOPENFACEDDDown 6: Dance music featuring Australians?EMUSDDown 7: Pilot takes learner through air turn manoeuvreTRIAL RUNDDown 8: Del Boy's lead character and none other turned up dignifiedENNOBLEDDDown 13: Chat room for 10sGAS CHAMBERDDown 15: Europeans seeing school head surrounded by pupilsESTONIANSDDown 16: Wind up opening old carriage clock on request in clockmaker's shopSCIROCCODDown 17: Assumption that when borders cease to exist, despot must fallESPOUSALDDown 19: It's a mystery why one might read HemingwayENIGMADDown 20: Current master planSTREAMDDown 23: One's said to live well in a sarcastic wayWRYLYDDown 24: Part of Lord's pavilion is essentially all for one newly-wedLONG