The Guardian Cryptic Crossword May 23 2024 Answers (5/23/24)

Our The Guardian Cryptic Crossword May 23, 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 23, 2024 Answers

If you need help solving The Guardian Cryptic Crossword on 5/23/24, 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 22 2024 Answers

#	Clue
1A	I say, why me, being sent back to a rogue school?
5A	How old clothes are rubbish!
10A	No member of an ethnic minority in America is a stinger
11A	Mrs Sprat does talk
12A	She sang of a broken heart, with straight love rejected
13A	See 12
14A	Unreliable obsessive hiding cryptic code finally left
16A	Dealt with coffee from the East
17A	Analyse pretty top and bottom
19A	It’s rot! Solve the problem!
23A	Intricate work or boys going berserk with spray can?
24A	See 23
26A	One US city hospital with a misguided notion …
27A	… to return gold in another’s RMB
28A	Revered creature that surprises me
29A	Taken up in total, pot mixed with ecstasy
2D	Tea and a smile in distress
3D	Spearhead stolen from tyrant’s warehouse
4D	Holy place thumbs-down for old toys
6D	Shaped primarily like a star
7D	Pause quickly for something to eat
8D	Rock managed in-house
9D	No need to make fun of such desperate pleas for demise (4-9)
15D	Bag up very cautious bird
18D	Save peeled grocer’s fruit
20D	The Sun, for one, may be a bit loud and non-U
21D	Steal the show from further back
22D	Decoration for military march is cheap stuff as well
25D	Settle clue for bark

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