The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 18th May 2010 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 18th May 2010. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Soft-hearted girl is something of a nutCOPRAAAcross 4: Prelate with determination, but having aims thwartedWILLIAMSAAcross 8: Right wheel … about turn … get lost …MARCHING ORDERSAAcross 10: A false slander can get one's blood upADRENALSAAcross 11: Hilary's bookshelf?MANTELAAcross 12: Tardis, or a new heating systemRADIATORSAAcross 15: Investments of Israel's fatherISAACAAcross 17: See 11PIECEAAcross 18: Communication of old by elephant?TRUNK CALLAAcross 19: Cornish visitors encountered in German cityEMMETSAAcross 21: Current regulator finds hearts to breakRHEOSTATAAcross 24: Amount blue rinse endlessly comes to is beyond solutionINSURMOUNTABLEAAcross 25: Worked out reported damage by 1 down, initiallyRECKONEDAAcross 26: What may be pursued on board revolutionary shipCHESSDDown 1: Fall at 90º in unconscious state before army hairdresser?COMEACROPPERDDown 2: Bird changes head from what could be its doom …PARTRIDGEDDown 3: … very pale, like the female of the speciesASHENDDown 4: With difficulty unmask a flasher by his appearance?WINKLE OUTDDown 5: Revolutionary could be back for ChristmasLEONDDown 6: Its carbon print is evidentINDIANINKDDown 7: Worth seen in former Italian leaderMERITDDown 9: Delay mail in capitalBLOCKLETTERSDDown 13: With dread as we get in a vehicleAWESTRUCKDDown 14: Does it pay to salt icy roads?SLUSH FUNDDDown 16: A gym shoe on board may be modifiedADAPTABLEDDown 20: Impressionist painter swaps ends in card gameMONTEDDown 22: Christian sect drops head for dishing out the hard stuffOPTICDDown 23: Sign of one male turning into none?OMEN