The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 15th May 2009 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 15th May 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: In opposition 8 follow the caseSHADOW CABINETAAcross 10: Argument with transport officer in "Brief Encounter"RUN INTOAAcross 11: Madden monarch who's in endless perilDERANGEAAcross 12: Foster-sister?NURSEAAcross 13: Element added to brown coal to make explosiveGELIGNITEAAcross 14: Easily disheartened, boy fliers turned backBY FARAAcross 16: Jockey displays a growth abnormalityDYSPLASIAAAcross 18: CIA involvement with nation which produces tobaccoNICOTIANAAAcross 19: Maybe stays in quarantine in Cairo pesthouse?ROPESAAcross 20: Parliamentary duties mostly undertaken by women?HOUSEWORKAAcross 23: One tends to hurry pointlesslyCARERAAcross 24: Fast-moving drama starts to attract noticeRAMADANAAcross 25: Disappointing projection when demand is lowOFFPEAKAAcross 26: Censure Damian, vile typeANIMADVERSIONDDown 2: Showing respect of choir in broadcastHONORIFICDDown 3: Dim woman lacks egoDENSEDDown 4: Regularly swore to love no-good criminalWRONGDDown 5: A sundial inaccurately showing afternoon in part of SpainANDALUSIADDown 6: Guerrilla and I with a gun back in the carIRREGULARDDown 7: Boredom of a kind experienced by English nun travelling to ItalyENNUIDDown 8: Senior politicians face senior lawyersFRONTBENCHERSDDown 9: Officer's mode of transport during 1926 crisisGENERALSTRIKEDDown 15: City cad supported by motherROTTERDAMDDown 16: Pressed Gordon first about reshuffling BallsDRAGOONEDDDown 17: Comic character, wonderful Shakespearean roleSUPERHERODDown 21: One local fellow's cowUNMANDDown 22: Currency used over in Yemen or KuwaitKRONEDDown 23: Literary sergeant's way of dealing with naughty boys?CUFFS