The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 26th May 2005 There are 16 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 26th May 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Somewhere in existence is a nameTHERESAAAcross 5: Drake, possibly one getting on after very gutlessly grabbing duckVOYAGERAAcross 9: Vessel's got a new number one - prepare to be sick!RETCHAAcross 10: Perennial time to storm with anger, being incontinentASTRANTIAAAcross 11: Like a lifeline that ended up as a buttonUMBILICALAAcross 12: Size up a house plant?REPOTAAcross 13: Port (Shanghai) fabricates housesHAIFAAAcross 15: Smuggler from isle (Lewis, say)RUMRUNNERAAcross 18: The dreary stirring to make powdered food palatable?REHYDRATEAAcross 19: Ballet dancer kicking out left pinDOWELAAcross 21: Money gets round Irish ladBUCKOAAcross 23: Makes blue films' actors "non-operational"CASTSDOWNAAcross 25: Shirley secure in historic area of Dublin?TEMPLEBARAAcross 26: Term applied to eastern food outfit backed by Ford nameTIKKAAAcross 27: Tom, on date, sought sexual contact in publicCRUISEDAAcross 28: Brummie's very into artist once worshipped by RomeMINERVADDown 1: Hospital started during Depression is finishedTHROUGHDDown 2: Found bliss at the time going dancingESTABLISHDDown 3: Name the indefinite Spanish articleETHELDDown 4: He's set for a long spell as an upstanding native of South AmericaARAUCARIADDown 5: Small bottle holding the last of Spirit of LifeVITALDDown 6: Audrey's excursion with Ron is not seasonalYEAR-ROUNDDDown 7: Clothes don't lieGET UPDDown 7: Clothes don't lieGETUPDDown 8: Energy-producing device player of Egyptian god employedREACTORDDown 14: Lion tamer together with poor loser strangling head of circusANDROCLESDDown 16: Mere mortals about to go wild for Norwegian spinnerMAELSTROMDDown 17: Virgin takes delivery of foreign magazineNEW YORKERDDown 18: Like a Dalek's pinch of the earROBOTICDDown 20: Bush's networking set-up to beat Osama finallyLANTANADDown 22: What many people call their country cooking: yellowish, mushy, rather unappetising startersCYMRUDDown 23: Raised to a higher power, like sugar used to beCUBEDDDown 24: Fabric occupied a buildingSATIN