The Guardian Cryptic Crossword May 16 2024 Answers (5/16/24)

Our The Guardian Cryptic Crossword May 16, 2024 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue.

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword May 16, 2024 Answers

If you need help solving The Guardian Cryptic Crossword on 5/16/24, we’ve listed all of the crossword clues below so you can find the answer(s) you need. You can search for the clue and then select the appropriate clue to get the answer. We have done it this way so that if you’re just looking for a handful of clues, you won’t spoil other ones you’re working on!

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« May 15 2024 Answers

#	Clue
9A	It loves most precipitous hill starts
10A	Pacific islands object about having to accept English ways
11A	Revolutionary phase – article gets time wrong
12A	Unlikely Oscar for ‘Killers Working Together’
13A	Attackers of Republican supporters
15A	Nothing gets over pass ahead of northern city
17A	Secret clubs don’t prevail
18A	Statecraft
20A	Queen’s favourite element: congress
22A	Moon-like ring associated with tribal revelry
25A	Thumb prodded into awkward person in government department
26A	Republic locks king out – ‘It’s over!’
27A	Bigwig hides underwear (surprise!) right in instrument
30A	Debauched feature of corgi a sticking-point
31A	Southern food plants
1D	Military officer guarding extra-large stray
2D	One’s favourite island has vitality that’s contagious
3D	Old-style, you extracted teeth (not top)
4D	Continent holding back world money – delightful stuff!
5D	A pull-out includes recipe, more than one in fact
6D	Meetings to resist cutting measures
7D	Foreign spy ring confiscates church film
8D	‘Aspects of vice’ lectures
13D	Toulouse-Lautrec took content that’s oddly-numbered
14D	Airline holds suitable IC cert. for a type of energy
16D	Informal footwear on one backward holiday island
19D	Give up rugby player as a sweetener
21D	Irregular Roman senate and people with nothing for queen on acid – deplorable
23D	Watershed follows start of broadcast link
24D	Live broadcast attempt is heartless frivolity
26D	Peg trembled without a top
28D	Special lifts to be installed in hospital recess
29D	Society cuts bank job

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