The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 14th May 2009 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 14th May 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: Artist is in shock from assessmentAPPRAISALAAcross 8: Pungent but not hotNIPPYAAcross 9: Scottish element in nameless German city maybe asks for tieDRESS CODEAAcross 10: 15 11 (or not) at handCLOSEAAcross 12: City as spelt?ATHENSAAcross 13: Left here and settled in Red SeaNEARSIDEAAcross 14: Work of art about right for sizeSTATUREAAcross 17: 15 11 for Hitler's people as he saw them motherlessTERRACEAAcross 20: Old Indian port for fellow-American countryCOCANADAAAcross 22: 15 11 for the honest bourgeoisSQUAREAAcross 24: Beast hesitating to cringeCOWERAAcross 25: Prominent feature of Rye accessible with two English poundsBEERBELLYAAcross 26: Father in 12, for example, to go to law, rejectedEGEUSAAcross 27: Veronese gentleman's girlfriend?VALENTINEDDown 1: Scotch hwyl?SPIRITDDown 2: 15 11 with many different centresCRESCENTDDown 3: 15 11 taking a turn in the prevailing conditionsCIRCUSDDown 4: 15 11 with beds, good at forest to start sleepingGARDENSDDown 5: 15 11 with WC?FIELDSDDown 6: Saga about single turf a bit at a timeEPISODICDDown 11: See 15FAREDDown 15: Passage possible here even if food crude?THOROUGHDDown 16: 15 11 reportedly went on riverROADDDown 18: Gamble for our turn with something to write (not right)ROULETTEDDown 19: One or two 15 11's again with layaboutLANEWAYDDown 21: 15 11 as a place to meetAVENUEDDown 22: Setter reset in 15 11STREETDDown 23: Change your mind about fastRELENT