The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 1st May 2006 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 1st May 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Stable without a runnerMANAGERAAcross 5: The Spanish weapons involved in the movement of armsELBOWSAAcross 9: Close of playEPILOGUEAAcross 10: Looking blue, I'd go in for treatmentINDIGOAAcross 12: Having thought about it, no!ONREFLECTIONAAcross 15: Batsman's delight or bowler's pushover?EASYWICKETAAcross 17: Dry bearing?AIRAAcross 19: Sign the French loveLEOAAcross 20: Unseemly do on cruise tripINDECOROUSAAcross 22: Bottle of booze?DUTCH COURAGEAAcross 26: Sewer used for the introduction of drugsNEEDLEAAcross 27: Fellow entertained by robbery - he enjoys the funHEDONISTAAcross 28: What is left in the carESTATEAAcross 29: Force one to hang about instead of going to workSUSPENDDDown 1: Carriage sounds cheapMIENDDown 2: Send up article if too unsophisticatedNAIFDDown 3: For this, proverbially, we have no informationGOODNEWSDDown 4: Provoke audible discordROUSEDDown 6: Any clue is pointless and wrong for such follyLUNACYDDown 7: Speaker swallows one drink as a starterORIGINATORDDown 8: That half-warmed fish, for exampleSPOONERISMDDown 11: Place of secret laughterSLEEVEDDown 13: Performance in which the middle section gets the twitchBELLY DANCEDDown 14: Classification of chocolates?ASSORTMENTDDown 16: Is unable to get a girl into bedCANNOTDDown 18: Balls - those that go on till morning?LONGHOPSDDown 21: Tea licence for Swiss CottageCHALETDDown 23: Nautical hazards means one shortens sailREEFSDDown 24: Kind of line used by a pufferPIPEDDown 25: Word associated with poker - it's not flushSTUD