The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 21st May 2009 There are 14 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 21st May 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: No little girl reported to have special knowledgeGNOSISAAcross 5: Bathroom item made of wood with roll going roundWASHBOWLAAcross 9: I shove a resin back in dishCALAMARIAAcross 10: Demands made by laws no longer in force?EXACTSAAcross 11: Support here for an evening activityIRONING BOARDAAcross 13: Gladly pretend for those listeningFAINAAcross 14: Waterproof items the woman's put on to travel round a lakeGALOSHESAAcross 17: Messy blotter covering one textLIBRETTOAAcross 18: Murders in America increase regularlyICESAAcross 20: Key person in society joint is very brightSHOCKINGPINKAAcross 23: Excellent drink in first half of mealSLAP-UPAAcross 24: Man about to join in venture as a writerDE LA MAREAAcross 25: The Spanish wine taken outside its normal home?CELLARETAAcross 26: Asian drunk, reported office workerTYPISTDDown 2: Bread service coming to the rescue in middle of dinnerNAANDDown 3: Queen Victoria perhaps first seen in shopSTATIONERDDown 4: Don't go with boy crossing riverSTAY ONDDown 5: The unfolding of two adrift with Gogo inWAITINGFORGODOTDDown 6: As one with evil influence, I will follow girl behind an old coachSVENGALIDDown 7: Jolly good support and very little opposition, initiallyBRAVODDown 8: It goes higher if you have more in the bankWATER LEVELDDown 12: Dublin has cooked English and Continental foodDANISH BLUEDDown 15: Unfriendly instruction? It could be the making of meSTICKEMUPDDown 16: One may offer a bit of salaciousness to person having day outSTRIPPERDDown 19: One who painted peasants in the grassMILLETDDown 21: Resin that's hard or soft embedded in underground depositCOPALDDown 22: Zeus's son ’urriesARES