The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 7th May 2010 There are 14 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 7th May 2010. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: Staggeringly small beer I left out for …MISERABLEAAcross 8: … US agent on horseback that's …FED UPAAcross 9: … perhaps mostly despising …PISSED OFFAAcross 10: … what retired men could be …BOREDAAcross 12: … as some old men are good at casual sex?GRUMPYAAcross 13: Target wacky Italian birdGREATTITAAcross 16: Welshman chasing year-end ordersDECREESAAcross 19: Came round with a couple of boysWAKENEDAAcross 22: Nurse with large breasts now sadly put awaySEND DOWNAAcross 25: One container within another that's …VACANTAAcross 27: … £10 in yet somehow …EMPTYAAcross 28: … shelters a criminal that's cruelly cold …HEARTLESSAAcross 29: … like apples baked by fellow revolutionary …COREDAAcross 30: … from a group I'd given up and leftABANDONEDDDown 1: Foreign minister in magazine? That's rightVIZIERDDown 2: Back-up engineers following female engineerBESSEMERDDown 3: Writer's about 50? I shouldn't think soHARDLYDDown 4: Flood upset extremely grey ageing Conservative?OLDFOGYDDown 5: Greens possibly not allowed to indulge in mindless activitiesVEG OUTDDown 6: Hesitation in shortening hip bonesHUMERIDDown 11: Setter's half-mad? Great!MEGADDown 14: See 16TENDDown 15: See 16TEDDDown 16: Underworld criminal to catch up with chap that's unhappy over here after vacation down underDISDDown 17: See 16CONDDown 18: Partial to reggae? Go straight for I-and-IEGOSDDown 20: Close pal cooked clam dishESCALLOPDDown 21: African town you'll have no right to go in, having turned to go outENTEBBEDDown 23: Former African area in the southwestEXMOORDDown 24: Regularly doubt diverse obligationsDUTIESDDown 25: City visible from river on arrivalVERONADDown 26: Horse conks out, then eatsNOSHES