The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 17th May 2007 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 17th May 2007. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: VIP is being awkward about nothingBIGNOISEAAcross 9: Clapham is, historically, home to a sectAMISHAAcross 10: Detective meeting politician and solicitorPIMPAAcross 11: Show off fine stomachGRANDSTANDAAcross 12: Father without time for glib talkPATTERAAcross 14: A spirit's the heart of stiff drinkAPERITIFAAcross 15: Was devoted to dizzy redheadADHEREDAAcross 17: Thailand's currency causing concernTROUBLEAAcross 20: Organised last of the purges, having no conscienceSUPEREGOAAcross 22: Mountaineer perhaps losing power to moveSHERPAAAcross 23: Principal reads them a novelHEADMASTERAAcross 24: Heartless Kazakhstani hooker?BOATAAcross 25: Vote at last in capacity of Liberal peerEQUALAAcross 26: He sings about heroin, bringing out top selling albumTHRILLERDDown 1: Man with limitless libido turns out to be an MPMILIBANDDDown 2: Shot gameSNAPDDown 3: Party leader finding Cockney woman an unattractive personMINGERDDown 4: Never leaveGET AWAYDDown 4: Never leaveGETAWAYDDown 5: A slender model for an artistLANDSEERDDown 6: Deliver princess's eulogyDISTRIBUTEDDown 7: Bells originally found on Indian ladies' fingersBHINDIDDown 13: Some turned out to be fantasticTREMENDOUSDDown 16: Confronts Brownite about the oldEYEBALLSDDown 18: A red kind of rabbit?LOP-EAREDDDown 19: Terribly infectious typhoid at first found in most bats and birdsTOMTITSDDown 21: Local individual's just roughUNEVENDDown 22: He discussed philosophy in prestigious Art ReviewSARTREDDown 24: Clinton shortly will start to barnstorm for wifeBILL