The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 12th May 2004 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 12th May 2004. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Physical education is going on a horse (Mother keeps one): this will protect the ligamentsPERIDESMIUMAAcross 9: A veto on academic leaveABANDONAAcross 10: Performer's part is temporary partARTISTEAAcross 11: Balding model with wrinkle holding on to workTHINONTOPAAcross 12: Belief in the CIA is reversibleTENETAAcross 13: The proper time for fashion?RAGEAAcross 14: Challenge the French tale about a birdCONTRAVENEAAcross 16: Cough so late?BEHINDHANDAAcross 19: Striker often joinedCLUBAAcross 21: One way to express height without time, with unqualified possessionINFEEAAcross 22: See 3GOOD NIGHTAAcross 22: See 3GOODNIGHTAAcross 24: Enlarge possibility for Ruth?GLEANERAAcross 25: Make cross for use in church?INCENSEAAcross 26: Wife to a VIP, some noble dame perhapsDUTCHCHEESEDDown 1: What should be level about article considering many optionsPLAYINGTHEFIELDDDown 2: Western show with poem - start rolling aboutRODEODDown 3: 4 - hot gelignite and hot TNT go unstable, leading to double 13DONOTGODDown 4: Don't move up: say teetotaller gets drunk?STAY PUTDDown 5: See 3INTOTHATDDown 6: Among other schemers than men, it's wrong to inform one with information that's false informationMISINTELLIGENCEDDown 7: Hardy spot for perennial in confinement on raised groundCASTERDDown 8: See 3GENTLEDDown 15: Confine alien in cyberspaceINTERNETDDown 16: See 7BRIDGEDDown 17: Monopolise paintings by horse painterHOGARTHDDown 18: The lion sculpture is like the earliest in StonehengeNEOLITHDDown 20: Reporter on 6, perhaps, who saw what he shouldn't?BUTLERDDown 23: Northern area that gave birth to pearl?NACRE