The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Wednesday, 31st May 2023

There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 31st May 2023. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Turkey could be so badly defeated
AAcross 5:	Splitter hearing what remains of traditional fare, 18 28
AAcross 9:	Figure second row should drop back
AAcross 10:	Regulate old language across country
AAcross 11:	Position taken, comment worthy of ridicule?	SILLYPOINT
AAcross 12:	Green light totally transparent
AAcross 14:	Rear the old Queen's dog on American dough?
AAcross 18:	What gets enciphered, shown unscrambled at a critical moment	WHENTHECHIPS
AAcross 21:	On stage
AAcross 22:	Free bubbly came in before spread
AAcross 25:	Newton-John's heartbroken about lead of Travolta in musical	ONTHETOWN
AAcross 26:	See 12
AAcross 27:	Undergarment Monet initially erased?
AAcross 28:	See 18	AREDOWN
DDown 1:	Deep-fried turnover, prophet tucking into it?
DDown 2:	Many university books falling to bits
DDown 3:	So LEVEL on both sides?
DDown 4:	Pass horse, on climbing
DDown 5:	OK offloading one at a satisfactory distance	FARENOUGH
DDown 6:	European rival somehow has caught up
DDown 7:	Reproduced, it's copied and made anew
DDown 8:	Indicator on ship not required
DDown 13:	Pattern emerging in rural location, having cut line in London	CROPCIRCLE
DDown 15:	Adonis little bit upset about muscly hero stealing sweetheart
DDown 16:	Rules drawn up on troughs for drinks
DDown 17:	Increase hydrogen, energy released from all the holes together?
DDown 19:	Look over middle of arbour, somewhere shady
DDown 20:	Capital city where the novel published
DDown 23:	Spy translation of Noyes in German, not English?
DDown 24:	My deep hole