The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 19th May 2004 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 19th May 2004. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Means of not getting too depressed after a fallSNOWSHOESAAcross 10: Name for river in Flynn's registerENROLAAcross 11: Film, for example "Arthur", dropping epic hero with a criminal recordART FORMAAcross 12: Descriptive term for drug depression and "the change"EPITHETAAcross 13: Substantial part of eg Ash, the speaker's pitchBOLEAAcross 14: Grace has no role in this Ealing scene shot without sunINELEGANCEAAcross 16: It muffles the possibly hard-boiled cup entrantEGGCOSYAAcross 17: Camera guide potentially a piece of cakeBROWNIEAAcross 19: Ass liable to get loaded and put 1960s' rock group member in trunk?PACK ANIMALAAcross 22: Musical back to front jazz vocalisationSCATAAcross 24: Vanity's restrained opening giving way to ego in performanceCONCEITAAcross 25: One about to be dubbed Christine "Cuddles" Knight?KNEELERAAcross 26: Telepathy at the heart of boom town in FinlandESPOOAAcross 27: Mate to get a new family?MARRYINTODDown 1: See 5ASCANBEEXPECTEDDDown 2: Tramp secures the ladder recordFOOTSLOGDDown 3: Mark on camera following topsy-turvy shootsFSTOPDDown 4: Resting during lean times: condition of being a bouncer, it's saidDORMANCYDDown 5: Grudging response to 15: "A toff over a butcher's has to live like an unborn baby"AS WELLDDown 6: See 8SEEINGYOUDDown 7: Annie is one local resident in North African portORPHANDDown 8: Ingratiating response to 15 (variation on one of "Granny" Wolf's responses)ALLTHEBETTERFORDDown 15: Said on meeting the admiral rounding a river by Tree Sound?HOWAREYOUDDown 17: Want to get into Simpson's witchcraftBLACK ARTDDown 18: From which the head emerges in a dressNECKLINEDDown 20: Prison to take off buffet itemCANAPEDDown 21: Cosily small, given space eventuallyIN TIMEDDown 21: Cosily small, given space eventuallyINTIMEDDown 23: Cook the painter's stoneBERYL