The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 15th April 2022 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 15th April 2022. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Items batsmen hit in the air for slipBALLS-UPAAcross 5: Some chocolate brought over in perfect case of cocoa beansARABICAAAcross 10: See 17FROMAAcross 11: Seems towelling filled with poo, shake a leg!LOOKSNAPPYAAcross 12: Relax, militant carnivore's cry?VEG OUTAAcross 13: It’s positively charged, reporting uproar after getting 24 across?AMMONIUMAAcross 14: Too sad, the fragments belonging to a nationSTATEHOODAAcross 16: See 27LEVERAAcross 17: Nostalgic memory of Vesuvius (AD79)BLASTAAcross 19: Brew drink in fresh coffee, finallyPERCOLATEAAcross 23: Being from another planet burrowed into immense surfaceCOSMETICAAcross 24: Laid back, office siesta criticisedPANNEDAAcross 26: Daft trap for one using foul languagePOTTYMOUTHAAcross 27: 'Stick with knob', one stripping discussed?GEARAAcross 28: Initially scratched, attractive printETCHINGAAcross 29: Talk about exercise in runOPERATEDDown 2: Opening new tavern, one invited inAIRVENTDDown 3: Pole dancing doctor lubed after rotation?LIMBODDown 4: Free lunch a figment, ultimately fabricatedUNLATCHDDown 6: Begin again on problem, last of threeRESUMEDDown 7: One of billions vacuous buffoon, I recall, wasted?BRAIN CELLDDown 8: Correct catches fitting trapCAPTUREDDown 9: Condiment male put with hotcake when cookingTOMATO KETCHUPDDown 15: Check suit, where kit should be whiteTEST MATCHDDown 18: Sentry found nothing right in hooliganLOOK OUTDDown 18: Sentry found nothing right in hooliganLOOKOUTDDown 20: Nick grabs danceCOPSHOPDDown 21: See 17THEPASTDDown 22: Poles securing trained part of plantSTAMENDDown 25: Finish off queen after uprising in African countryNIGER