The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 17th May 2001 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 17th May 2001. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Boating clothes in Durham?RIVERWEARAAcross 10: Lover needs capital as well as loveROMEOAAcross 11: Impressionist goes to poll with drunkardMORISOTAAcross 12: Blue (Conservative) characters bid as little as possibleONECLUBAAcross 13: 'Ave no one perceive one's thoughtIDEAAAcross 14: Raptor without wavering asks me to show in 18's clueKISSMEKATEAAcross 15: This is misplaced among the undoubted: it's just a guessSURMISEAAcross 17: Curtailment of a nice day shortly before becoming diabolicalSATANICAAcross 19: Theology turning prophet's heart, five times a dozenTHREESCOREAAcross 22: Live doctor's roundsAMMOAAcross 23: Standard party attended by LilyLABARUMAAcross 24: Counter-tenors in bed with bird?COALTITAAcross 26: See 4STORYAAcross 27: Unable to swallow half psychology - a dig at 6s and 7sDYSPHAGICDDown 1: All through change of form, trees need time to keep goingFROMFIRSTTOLASTDDown 2: Catch what was said of Americans in BritainOVERHEARDDown 3: The Queen's circle's in the CircusEROSDDown 4: Leading Conservative is briefly among the moderate ones with former date for show from 10 and partnerWEST SIDEDDown 4: Leading Conservative is briefly among the moderate ones with former date for show from 10 and partnerWESTSIDEDDown 5: Slips are awful things - don't start!ERRORSDDown 6: Franco-German cheese gala taking minimum timeBRIEFESTDDown 7: Mrs Marcos says she isn't so youngIMELDADDown 8: Puzzles with answers running 1 of lines and broad Scots clue I must solveDOUBLEACROSTICSDDown 16: Puzzler says he is wandering: find them in the fridgeICETRAYSDDown 17: Boys from here came from the 21 of 5, according to copper in Sayers' novelSYRACUSEDDown 18: Spooner's domesticated shrews aren't wild horses with labelsNAMETAGSDDown 20: Bone, most of which is thinRIBBONDDown 21: Buffalo Bill keeping me for funCOMEDYDDown 25: A cast beyond the pale?ASHY