The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Friday, 15th May 2020

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 15th May 2020. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 9:	Early text dismissing model of Ford Escort
AAcross 10:	Pink organ pinching
AAcross 11:	A pair of animals, or an insect, for instance?
AAcross 12:	Jersey etc stolen by a European back in Italian city
AAcross 13:	Team boasted
AAcross 14:	I'm ready for anything, so tackle book about origin of crosswords	SOCKITTOME
AAcross 16:	Professional performer: I start dancing, beginning to entertain
AAcross 17:	County allied with rose, briefly
AAcross 19:	Composition of red lentils covering offbeat Jamaican-style bread
AAcross 22:	Ending in food, peculiar herb
AAcross 24:	Drink less gin to inspire sheer love
AAcross 25:	Carried away, rotates?	MOVEDTO
AAcross 26:	Travel for miles the wrong way in US city
AAcross 27:	Stupefied, practising social distancing?
DDown 1:	What dog with fleas and a cold might do, with essence as yet undiscovered?	SCRATCHANDSNIFF
DDown 2:	A playboy in love — small pecker?
DDown 3:	See 25
DDown 4:	Sound around shape initially absent in hypothetical tunnel
DDown 5:	Drink served up, suitable for antelope
DDown 6:	I don't know what my self-flagellation does	ITBEATSME
DDown 7:	Trademarked material in novel, cross-referenced
DDown 8:	Last lot* silly? Each to his own	ITTAKESALLSORTS
DDown 15:	A country once in centre of stormy peninsula
DDown 17:	Fine seafood, bream unfortunately swiped by grimalkin
DDown 18:	River rapid on fresh bit of water
DDown 20:	Put wrath in provocative writing
DDown 21:	Eat, tongue in cheek by the sound of it?
DDown 23:	Box 5 in trial upended