The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 14th May 2008 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 14th May 2008. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Rough one is carried by out-of-date transportHOARSEAAcross 4: The hobby of father's generation, sayPASTIMEAAcross 9: Devoted half-dead moggy died outsideDEDICATEDAAcross 10: Prod representative that is about 50IMPELAAcross 11: Serviceman cannot start or finish, but he is getting onOLDIEAAcross 12: A fish product? I tell all to a girlISINGLASSAAcross 13: Cleverdick king needs no barricadeKNOW-ALLAAcross 15: Cowboy wants to go round church after goldGAUCHOAAcross 17: DIY put off, but this is put in orderTIDY UPAAcross 19: Gentlewoman has time for Christian feastLADY DAYAAcross 22: Toxic soup I soon blendedPOISONOUSAAcross 24: Variety puts any number in a temperRANGEAAcross 26: Former wife gets to do something rightEXACTAAcross 27: Authorised instruction to Edward, the hairdresser?PERMITTEDAAcross 28: US novelist with eccentric desire to be next to riverDREISERAAcross 29: Take me to the outhouse, having got engagedMESHEDDDown 1: Fish had to reach harbourHADDOCKDDown 2: Viper with a different tail, it is calculatedADDEDDDown 3: Assistant, disguised, sticks to a railwaySECRETARYDDown 4: Last course for a fat personPUDDINGDDown 5: A swindle is no good after it's mountedSTINGDDown 6: Charged upwards of half when squeezing fruitIMPEACHEDDDown 7: Call up some women listenersENLISTDDown 8: Italian's daughter thought to have charisma, wealth and beautyITGIRLDDown 14: Begin to speak pompously, having swallowed one drinkORIGINATEDDown 16: Sabotage controlled by explosive deviceUNDERMINEDDown 18: Flourish, but the right Duke of Milan has lost nothingPROSPERDDown 19: Honour of good man in the grip of temptationLUSTREDDown 20: Gave in with damaged eyelid, then diedYIELDEDDDown 21: Mushroom feastSPREADDDown 23: Blasphemy has to changeOATHSDDown 25: Whas a degree? I'm not a child!NOTCH