The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 17th May 2005 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 17th May 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Chemist receives measure from radio fanLISTENERAAcross 5: Sound of little feet on the pitchPATTERAAcross 9: Almost inspected mixed scallopsPECTINESAAcross 10: Two eggs overlapping in plant?SPURGEAAcross 12: The parched garden's beginning to be refreshed by water bombDEPTH CHARGEAAcross 15: How to cook duck to be eaten by returning emperorROASTAAcross 17: Motioned to exit and lapsed from consciousnessNODDEDOFFAAcross 18: Subsidiary clause largely rewritten to cover dogsSUCCURSALAAcross 19: Peacemaker embracing leader of rebel hordeDROVEAAcross 20: Cleaner and smarter - that's cold food!CHARCUTERIEAAcross 24: Isis trains outside hospitalTHAMESAAcross 25: One drunk couple about to carry weightMILITATEAAcross 26: Express fervent desire for individual to get lost?BEGONEAAcross 27: Trendy, tasteless trans-Atlantic inspirationINFLATUSDDown 1: Jeweller making a rapid alteration in the catalogueLAPIDARISTDDown 2: Grovelling, deranged psycho unknown to Nelson's followersSYCOPHANCYDDown 3: She reflected hot water displacementEDITHDDown 4: At half 11, ring round county for marine giantELEPHANT SEALDDown 6: Fear arrestAPPREHENDDDown 7: Fit wheelTURNDDown 8: Smell smokeREEKDDown 11: Advance warning about the foreign tastePREDILECTIONDDown 13: Price about to scowl at sportsmen that won't runCOLOURFASTDDown 14: Camp procedure, injecting iron into broken feet and headEFFETENESSDDown 16: Smuggle revolutionary into the Hundred ClubTRUNCHEONDDown 21: Top tailor intent on making fabricTWILLDDown 22: Attempt to raise fliersSTABDDown 23: Delivered notes and spilled beansSANG