The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 31st May 2007 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 31st May 2007. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Crop to the east of flat fieldPADDOCKAAcross 5: Back pockets reserve a place for waitersBUS STOPAAcross 9: Almost reverse Jewish experiencesTIMESAAcross 10: Maintaining frequency, naturally lostOFFCOURSEAAcross 11: Narrow escape from northern land in Greenland's capitalNEAR THINGAAcross 12: See 1 downMONEYAAcross 13: Author quick to get the birdSWIFTAAcross 15: A 4 previously referred toAFORESAIDAAcross 18: One primate trains othersMANDRILLSAAcross 19: Good teachings rejecting bad woman (student dismissed)TORAHAAcross 21: Super outlet, great in regular locationsULTRAAAcross 23: See 1 downWHEREONESAAcross 25: Composer aired some music, which Merckx grasped ontoHANDLEBARAAcross 26: Though a navy, it's landlockedGHANAAAcross 27: Tool box contains not a thing - nothing lessSPANNERAAcross 28: Fight with nurse after partyCONTENDDDown 1: Back one's claim and eat bread?PUTONESDDown 2: Infernal pronouncement from the motherland?DAMNATIONDDown 3: Cricket side all padded up for the opening attackONSETDDown 4: Having not much of an inclinaton to possess intelligence, a smart aleckKNOW-IT-ALLDDown 5: Ask round government department to create confusionBEFOGDDown 6: Sort items out, most foulSTORMIESTDDown 7: European city where one breaks windTURINDDown 8: Drunken soak the wrong way round clings to donkey, or not!PIE-EYEDDDown 14: Saint given 7 Shroud, needing second to change sheetTARPAULINDDown 16: Order right, I bet, given cost of deliveryOBSTETRICDDown 17: A train crashing into another vehicle losing its first engine partAIR-INTAKEDDown 18: See 1MOUTHISDDown 20: Save Man United!HUSBANDDDown 22: A six-footer standing in skimpy attireTANGADDown 23: He composed the composer's "Unfinished"WEBERDDown 24: Prompt, though waiting for 3 1/2 minutes?EGG ON