The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 6th April 2017 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 6th April 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Herb, hint of scent in bouquet recalled by husbandHYSSOPAAcross 5: Main, where hearty rounds Horn in the endCARDINALAAcross 9: 5 across pinching a 5 across from behind — that's tame!HUMANISEAAcross 10: 5 across absolutely despicable, looking backWOLSEYAAcross 11: Shade quite a little bitTEALAAcross 12: Settlement is after US event incomeCOMPROMISEAAcross 13: Doubly 5 across newspaperREDTOPAAcross 14: Ferret cut turnips, perhaps?ROOT CROPAAcross 16: A top university lecturer coming over, heads for Mexican cityACAPULCOAAcross 19: Focus attention on fortune, stealing one kissFIXATEAAcross 21: Where member held vacant seat, nun and padre distraughtUNDERPANTSAAcross 23: Timid male, I'm frightened!MEEKAAcross 24: 5 across, caring and sensitive chap?NEWMANAAcross 25: Every six months, a bun with nail is hammeredBIANNUALAAcross 26: Flat-tailed animal also embodies a tailless sortPLATYPUSAAcross 27: Studies English student's opening remarksESSAYSDDown 2: It's impossible to know, so safeguard that information always!YOUNEVERCANTELLDDown 3: Immoral shade like 5 across?SCARLETDDown 4: 5 across moral, say?PRINCIPALDDown 5: Still producer endlessly carrying about powdered substituteCREAMERDDown 6: Holder of a bladed item, one in dispute?ROWERDDown 7: Embracing pietism at last, is "secular" religious?ISLAMICDDown 8: Jerusalem gets the blame in a really shocking treatmentAVERSION THERAPYDDown 15: Confuse most of our facts — be confusedOBFUSCATEDDown 17: Homework holding me up, little time to get in before the restPRE-EMPTDDown 17: Homework holding me up, little time to get in before the restPREEMPTDDown 18: Book writer to break up wrestlingOMNIBUSDDown 20: 5 across imprisoning opponent, not entirely upstanding as 5 acrossXIMENESDDown 22: Flag raised for pretty girlPIN-UPDDown 22: Flag raised for pretty girlPINUP