The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Wednesday, 27th May 2009

There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 27th May 2009. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Crush fruit drink
AAcross 4:	Drama, perhaps, before drink arrives	SHOWSUP
AAcross 9:	Drink from varied range, then eat
AAcross 10:	Where despicable quality might be found to suffer?
AAcross 11:	Cream: drug with few calories?
AAcross 12:	Drink wasted in cutting distribution of tea
AAcross 13:	Drunken sip taken during row, becoming more drunk
AAcross 15:	Drink — put it back together
AAcross 17:	Phantasmagorical lunar cycle's end, eccentric
AAcross 19:	Drink, drink, endless joy!
AAcross 22:	"Nyet" not yet accepted by Russian author, having not begun "The Idiot"
AAcross 24:	One's out to scalp little monkey
AAcross 26:	Animated dwarf from outer space?
AAcross 27:	The beastly thing slain, I am knackered, heading for Martini
AAcross 28:	Singing Queen knocked back English drink	REALALE
AAcross 29:	Drink with small grains in, swallowing hard
DDown 1:	Bit good to split seed with first of tools
DDown 2:	Chambers found passing through route, riverside
DDown 3:	Poisonous drink?
DDown 4:	Drink flavouring plant among group
DDown 5:	Lift energy with old copper, not nitrogen compound
DDown 6:	Coastline rocky in parts
DDown 7:	One carrying a drink
DDown 8:	Unpalatable drink
DDown 14:	Shilling, figure taken up in Botswanan money for strip of land
DDown 16:	Change car's shape around	SPARECASH
DDown 18:	Drink — another in lounge?
DDown 19:	Flipping small bag is for drink
DDown 20:	Drink, namely sex, not half!
DDown 21:	Fish in dreamland?
DDown 23:	Drink port, as Hans would concur?
DDown 25:	Sound to come down, as a rule