The Guardian Cryptic Crossword May 20 2026 Answers (5/20/26)

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword May 20, 2026 Answers

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#	Clue
1A	Just as orgasm prompts poem by Yeats …
9A	… wrongly read note by misfortunate Keats
10A	For example, Keats and Yeats (or not)
11A	See 25
12A	Heretics are punished for unfaithful acts
13A	You might slip on this bats blood
15A	Light’s non-binding energy
18A	E … e
20A	Bible teaching wrongly maligns Eve
23A	Gordon’s starter presented to massive foody?
25A	That man follows backwash of river froth
26A	Playing bingo, the French are mean
27A	Beast of burden returned to castle
28A	Fascist leader controlled Houston with rumba master general
1D	Backup part of database liable to corruption
2D	Sea-sick seabird from China?
3D	Challenging former lover on stage
4D	Huge honour to sit on banks of Seine
5D	Re-entering language course
6D	Gone wild with axes splitting something needed for fire
7D	Provide detailed account of quite miserable passage
8D	Donates, as replacing 4, 6 and 15
14D	International waters still surrounded by dumb-asses
16D	Dropping dead, wrote frantically
17D	Fresher report of any toilet more sullied
19D	Take end from communion wafer – on reflection, an exaltation!
21D	Slight temperature dropping off with cool hormone
22D	A right-beginning, dotted-letter-including alphabet
23D	Sadness as building terminally fire-damaged
24D	Like Top Gun pilot’s taxiing speed (approximately)

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