The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 21st October 2016 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 21st October 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Put in picture, mounted, then taken outUPDATEDAAcross 5: Head in control of ITV revised The PrisonerCAPTIVEAAcross 10: Guide snubs one, so has he lost it?PLOTAAcross 11: Doctor called in to nurse royal prince's favouriteCINDERELLAAAcross 12: Classy medic and artist tour Italy, or part of itUMBRIAAAcross 13: Verse feature that sounds wrong? Check out Frost, sayEYE RHYMEAAcross 14: Burst in about 10 roughly and stopINTERRUPTAAcross 16: Language test went up by a pennyPROSEAAcross 17: Good writer's opening room for another oneGRIMMAAcross 19: 17 character's present holiday in Kent?SNOW-WHITEAAcross 23: Mac, a cool guy from Zagreb, runs to the frontRAINCOATAAcross 24: A barber's in disputeAT ODDSAAcross 26: Angela's one means of communicationHIGH GERMANAAcross 27: Princess's partner for playing golfFROGAAcross 28: Delicacy father sacrificed for speedAGILITYAAcross 29: Shops retain current accountsSTORIESDDown 2: What vamp wants to do for coachPULLMANDDown 3: Daisy needs a bit taken off behindASTERDDown 4: Name inscribed in cake in plain languageEN CLAIRDDown 6: Old relatives occasionally upset inside? So be itAPEMENDDown 7: First estate's service provider?THECHURCHDDown 8: Very old smokers tackle European booksVOLUMESDDown 9: Start tale thus or continue a poem willy-nilly?ONCEUPONATIMEDDown 15: Food on board people in hamlet preparedEMMENTHALDDown 18: Each department head in group delivers lessonREADINGDDown 20: Stand with headgear on upside down, tenseWHATNOTDDown 21: Swimmer's story about day beside riverTADPOLEDDown 22: Side of Nottingham that supplies mast or mastsFORESTDDown 25: Tender chest? Remove topOFFER