The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 11th May 2010 There are 13 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 11th May 2010. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Midday break! Start without a magazineLUNCHTIMEAAcross 10: The child's thank-you letterTHETAAAcross 11: Darren's gone shoppingERRANDSAAcross 12: Scoffing made the last diner sickRAILINGAAcross 13: Time for Yemen reformENEMYAAcross 14: Ways to convert weaponsTURNPIKESAAcross 16: The clinical route to self-improvementCOSMETIC SURGERYAAcross 19: Did they fetch the game from Canada?LABRADORSAAcross 21: One who overcomes the mogulsSKIERAAcross 22: Jar goes in a rackAGONISEAAcross 23: A main connecting pointHYDRANTAAcross 24: Some officers raced aboutCADREAAcross 25: Cardinal seen holding a match, saySEVENTEENDDown 1: Skywriter? CorrectBLUE-PENCILDDown 2: Quick drinks for horses?SNORTERSDDown 3: Tristram's tipple?SHANDYDDown 4: Firm's hacking out a thousand treesFIRSDDown 5: They destroy its terrorsTERRORISTSDDown 6: This ecdysiast excited trippersSTRIPPERDDown 7: Doctor shouted out for herbMEDICKDDown 8: Distinctive smell of seaweedTANGDDown 14: She knitted furiously to secure itTRICOTEUSEDDown 15: Messages left up by exhausted fliersSKYWRITINGDDown 17: Former marine could be an inspectorEXAMINERDDown 18: Times are changing for this airlineEMIRATESDDown 20: Red, like Mary after a shake-upBLOODYDDown 21: Line taken by partisans?SIDINGDDown 22: Chief of the marchersARCHDDown 23: Unlikely place for an unfinished shanty?HOVE