The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 6th May 2009 There are 15 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 6th May 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Scottish king able to make a law as well as English kingALEXANDERAAcross 10: Moulding seen in old book — short, with rounded shapeOVOLOAAcross 11: Listed answer in fast timeLEANTAAcross 12: Exist, even though scattered over large areaEXTENSIVEAAcross 13: Extract from article men thought mildCLEMENTAAcross 14: Like wild animal, one going crazy when held by ropeLEONINEAAcross 17: Safe time to look aroundPETERAAcross 19: Name of female climberIVYAAcross 20: Fish left part of Thames by Waterloo?TROUTAAcross 21: Male celebrated on Boxing Day, dancing with femaleSTEPHENAAcross 22: Man from work unit returned covered in bloodGREGORYAAcross 24: West Indian monkDOMINICANAAcross 26: From a city, one in Africa (not capital)URBANAAcross 28: Turbulent life and times of Mendelssohn, for oneFELIXAAcross 29: Ate sundae that's contaminated, becoming this?NAUSEATEDDDown 1: Revere, for example, a saintPAULDDown 2: Representative of pontiff, say, coming in behindLEGATEDDown 3: Finally found skill in another arrangementRANTOEARTHDDown 4: Least productive learner that is put outsideIDLESTDDown 5: Protecting king, save comrade in violent fashionBRUTALLYDDown 6: King jealous of his nobles, initiallyJOHNDDown 7: One jerk in game, who operates on right or left wing?POLITICODDown 8: Fish, such as eleven named in this puzzlePOPEDDown 13: Holds one's own ecclesiastical garmentsCOPESDDown 15: Unobtrusively playing not just any old pianoONTHEQUIETDDown 16: Head off upper-class people getting on stageENTRYDDown 18: Uplifting airs — they help maintain warm feelingsTHERMALSDDown 19: Child at home, without a penny?INNOCENTDDown 22: Remarkable brain I found in taxonomic groupGENIUSDDown 23: Gold coins used in round-the-world tripsORBITSDDown 24: Remove from head officeDOFFDDown 25: Immediately succeeding, having caught ten?NEXTDDown 27: Signed agreement with European part of networkNODE