The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 5th May 2005 There are 16 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 5th May 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Excluded and finished in every respectOUT-AND-OUTAAcross 6: Relish round following a blowGUSTOAAcross 9: Top bird, first in nestingCROWNAAcross 10: Comic's friend useful on board?FOOLSMATEAAcross 11: Deliveries producing din in storeRENDITIONSAAcross 12: Returning star contains oxygen? That's intelligenceNOUSAAcross 14: Joint said to be found in peculiar gel - an unwanted bit of meatGRISTLEAAcross 15: English class held in part of church forming enclosureENCLAVEAAcross 17: A cold meal for relieving a citySALFORDAAcross 19: Two American cities with a way for raising the flag?LANYARDAAcross 20: Three gases in the atmosphere? Neat!OXENAAcross 22: Utter ability for conducting public affairsSTATECRAFTAAcross 25: For a break, urge ride round University, as required by customDE RIGUEURAAcross 26: A tax once introduced for the courseASCOTAAcross 27: Small mammal seen in the grass enclosureRASSEAAcross 28: Articulates confusedly about place in Eastern trustsSPLUTTERSDDown 1: Figurine for a large vehicle?OSCARDDown 2: The northern account about instrument, possibly a warblerTHORNBILLDDown 3: What books are, in factNONFICTIONDDown 4: Part of cricket field in unlawful positionOFFSIDEDDown 5: Beat counter-revolutionTROUNCEDDown 6: The soldier's a good man in essenceGISTDDown 7: It's old hat to the armySHAKODDown 8: Suitably treated pond's ever blueOVERSPENDDDown 13: View destroyerICONOCLASTDDown 14: Tank, relatively ancient - support for cut?GAS HOLDERDDown 14: Tank, relatively ancient - support for cut?GASHOLDERDDown 16: Overwhelming influx in a new church in a valleyAVALANCHEDDown 18: Hesitates when those making the channel get caught outDITHERSDDown 19: Not the sort of thinking behind this clueLATERALDDown 21: Rouse wavering to provide the moneyEUROSDDown 23: Flyer not working on bookTITUSDDown 24: Fuzzy, not very fitAGUE