The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 6th April 2018 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 6th April 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Welsh 24 has criminal brothers, except HenryROBERTSAAcross 5: At the end, Number 10 mislead Britain with spiritCON BRIOAAcross 10: 50 + 0 + 5 + ¼ = 0?LOVEAAcross 11: Daughter's into grooming over time, keeping up appearancesPRETENDINGAAcross 12: Mark's drumbeatTATTOOAAcross 13: Old car, since exterior lost in jamPRINCESSAAcross 14: F or M, like Marilyn Monroe?SEX SYMBOLAAcross 16: Inner Hebrides partnerBRIDEAAcross 17: Dared to tremble with fearDREADAAcross 19: In ancient times, say, raised flowerBUTTERCUPAAcross 23: Football team in nasty ground winning first gameNYGIANTSAAcross 24: Steal about 1p's worthPIRATEAAcross 26: Published paper retires girl over nothing? Inconceivable!OUTRAGEOUSAAcross 27: Torture's not even legitimateTRUEAAcross 28: Normally left Australia and America going westAS USUALAAcross 29: Embrace internet 16?ESPOUSEDDown 2: Smelly old dog ran to ex, shaking every tail?ODORATEDDown 3: Competition rising in cost? Never!EVENTDDown 4: Prat stumbles over low barTAPROOMDDown 6: Awkward size OK for sumo wrestlers?OZEKISDDown 7: Shakespearean doctor's credo: bury sickBODYCURERDDown 8: Produced positives and negatives when treated as a celebrity, going topless?IONISEDDDown 9: Burning petrol joins up to produce powerJET PROPULSIONDDown 15: Spring day weather returns with southern EuropeansSPANIARDSDDown 18: Maybe in the future Arsenal condemns Sun after Gary's hackedRAYGUNSDDown 20: Office workers found to be tipsy, swooning over good manTYPISTSDDown 21: Abbot's put on posh new shirt to remove tiesUNTRUSSDDown 22: Decipher pointless meaning of puzzleENIGMADDown 25: Old fashioned mister exchanged letters undergroundRETRO