The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 12th May 2010 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 12th May 2010. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Redundancies ultimately mean decline in economic activitySLOW DOWNAAcross 1: Redundancies ultimately mean decline in economic activitySLOWDOWNAAcross 5: Lovely university dropout eats gluttonouslyGORGESAAcross 9: Insincere heaving of tiny chestSYNTHETICAAcross 11: Being ugly and short, hooker is short of workTROLLAAcross 12: Tabloid pictures which closely resemble one anotherMIRRORIMAGESAAcross 15: See river moving eastESPYAAcross 16: Imprisoned New Labour two, less than honest and decentHONOURABLEAAcross 18: Pro's way of moving patientFORBEARINGAAcross 19: Key elements of Berlusconi's leadershipISLEAAcross 21: Critically, I curse so only when upsetCENSORIOUSLYAAcross 24: Rejected princess: "I have returned to Charlie!"IDIOTAAcross 25: Frenchman invested in plant making component for semiconductorsGERMANIUMAAcross 26: Very much wanting girl to get thinGREEDYAAcross 27: Once a council's official tree-fellerALDERMANDDown 1: Moderate request for aid by Oxfam leaderSO-SODDown 2: Agreed to hide in Tamworth by the sound of itOINKDDown 3: Drug-taking artist's a colourful occupant of one's bedDAHLIADDown 4: Deconstructing or debating war and "enhanced interrogation"WATERBOARDINGDDown 6: Unfashionable? Fashionable? Which is best?OUTSMARTDDown 7: Throw shoe! Bugger invaded Iraq!GEORGE BUSHDDown 8: Egomaniac author ekes out soapSELF-SEEKERDDown 10: Let no urban car be otherwiseCARBONNEUTRALDDown 13: Making flawless mint and gin cocktailPERFECTINGDDown 14: Sugarplum is what one gets!APPRENTICEDDown 17: Expelled from Basra, perhaps, during actionDEPORTEDDDown 20: Lazes about, supported by partner's immoral practicesSLEAZEDDown 22: Description of going concernFIRMDDown 23: Warning: topless ladies!OMEN