The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 8th May 2008 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 8th May 2008. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Action regularly applied to dish creating problem for juggler?HOT POTATOAAcross 10: Love finds itself in a drink knocked backAMOURAAcross 11: Convict held in large building for war crimePILLAGEAAcross 12: Make out English service on recordDISCERNAAcross 13: 26 15 location, last one to be built over riverEASTAAcross 14: County with river entering city in dropping movementDOWNSTROKEAAcross 15: See 26AFRICANAAcross 17: An earpiece - one's dropped offSLEEPERAAcross 19: One succeeds, finding target in rangeDESCENDANTAAcross 22: Where the solution's to be placed in further educationHEREAAcross 23: Roughly, a route taking in Quito for a startEQUATORAAcross 24: Use iodine in disused land?EXPLOITAAcross 26: Nationality given away with Hungarian capital a day into surveySOUTHAAcross 27: Record holder first after top fourARCHIVISTDDown 1: Drunk raved about knight, in short, supporting man in authorityCHAPTERANDVERSEDDown 2: One 24-ing shocking result, 1-1UTILISERDDown 3: British isle superior to a US stateIOWADDown 4: 26 15 location's vixen secures a personal loan, finallyCAPE TOWNDDown 5: See 13LONDONDDown 6: Sound container put in order of rankCASSETTEDDown 7: 26 15 location totally flooded, then duck underSOWETODDown 8: Historic 26 15 location's fruitlessness?ORANGE FREE STATEDDown 16: Cats listening to sharks?CHEETAHSDDown 17: Words passed?SENTENCEDDown 18: 26 15 location having to repair disorderPRETORIADDown 20: Write in amount which is ejected from the mouthSPUTUMDDown 21: 26 15 location's daughter describing the place?DURBANDDown 25: 2 cut by the earPAIR