The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 8th April 2022 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 8th April 2022. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: See 20WRAPPEDAAcross 5: Cold cuts well inside cheese rollBRIOCHEAAcross 10: Sweet tone?ETONAAcross 11: See 20INAMYSTERYAAcross 12: Verbally, one suddenly attacking countryRUSSIAAAcross 13: Question about trimmer borderHEDGEROWAAcross 14: Worshipping establishment, peculiar old leaderCHURCHILLAAcross 16: Garment: top on which written soldiers' 4?CAPRIAAcross 17: Keep cooking liquidSTOCKAAcross 19: Paradise Lost originally penned by chap in fearDREAMLANDAAcross 23: See 20ANENIGMAAAcross 24: See 20INSIDEAAcross 26: Determined, Blair acted recklesslyCALIBRATEDAAcross 27: See 10MESSAAcross 28: Request wood, including bark of sycamore?BESEECHAAcross 29: Back on form in poetryREVERSEDDown 2: Correct, labyrinthine route north of SwitzerlandRETOUCHDDown 3: See 16PANTSDDown 4: Commemoration: what about inscribing it in gibberish?EPITAPHDDown 6: Bad hair day, having abandoned a city in the Middle EastRIYADHDDown 7: This minute chicken's split at the back?ONTHENAILDDown 8: Hold garment up, one of 24 dressesHARBOURDDown 9: Male gathering old maestro and commoner up, creativeBACHELOR PARTYDDown 15: Puzzling trick covered by journalist in solemn observanceRECONDITEDDown 18: Secured by spike, deadly scrap metal objectsTINWAREDDown 20: 14's 12, a puzapuzapuzzlezlezle?ARIDDLEDDown 21: Endless beauty in cojones — for those showing them?NUDISTSDDown 22: Fungus in a bulb, light initially extinguishedAGARICDDown 25: Misery at the front in an unspecified battleSOMME