The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 9th May 2006 There are 17 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 9th May 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Canute's foolish? Just soNUT CASEAAcross 1: Canute's foolish? Just soNUTCASEAAcross 5: Arrives back to West Welsh townMAESTEGAAcross 9: Desire for public transport?STREETCARAAcross 10: Turn down odds on the cupSPURNAAcross 11: Right incline, as they sayLIENAAcross 12: Wise men giving voice directly to the beakMAGISTRATEAAcross 14: Game for graduate wearing a medal ...GOBANGAAcross 15: ... Cockney type of crack feared by BA, possiblyAIRLINEAAcross 16: Playing for later retirement, about 101?RECITALAAcross 18: French firm entertains the ladyCHERIEAAcross 20: Operation requires return of first-year doctor to hospitalSTRABOTOMYAAcross 21: Almost lower the boatSCOWAAcross 24: Enclosure surrounded by iron barrierFENCEAAcross 25: Former city mob, half-hearted and very badEXECRABLEAAcross 26: Lottie's peculiar figureLITOTESAAcross 27: Revolutionary employed to run TV companyTROTSKYDDown 1: One is a prescribed response to "Name this child"NASALDDown 2: Item dispatched by sea to 14TORPEDODDown 3: President died - but not hereABEDDDown 4: Correspond to LSD?EXCHANGELETTERSDDown 5: Expression of fringe opinionMARGINALCOMMENTDDown 6: Great yeast brew that shouldn't be missedEASYTARGETDDown 7: Fellow got up in crumpled suit can be devastatingTSUNAMIDDown 8: Old Roman sentries protect no other ItaliansGENOESEDDown 13: Invading insects reconstituted threat to a ruminantHARTEBEESTDDown 16: Fluster somehow isn'tRESTFULDDown 17: Attachment to top peopleCORONETDDown 19: I never could understand British leaders joining with America - it's terrifyingINCUBUSDDown 22: Overgrown, as Caesar said he sawWEEDYDDown 23: It follows from Mother GooseERGO