The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 27th May 2010 There are 15 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 27th May 2010. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Compensate for being out of the pictureOFFSETAAcross 5: Release mechanism with guts to include jam-makers' recipeTRIP WIREAAcross 5: Release mechanism with guts to include jam-makers' recipeTRIPWIREAAcross 9: Dance to Spooner's plugs for blue movies?HORNPIPEAAcross 10: Pharmaceutical experiences take one back to being incorporealSPIRITAAcross 11: Disruption before noon breaking into frenetic activityINTERFERENCEAAcross 13: Duck appears headless, going westSMEEAAcross 14: Means of recording idea about volunteersNOTATIONAAcross 17: Medic apprehends first one caught in the neighbourhoodDISTRICTAAcross 18: Coarse when cross, reportedlyRUDEAAcross 20: Stop trainer taking drug round to participant in bloodsportBANDERILLEROAAcross 23: Stop believer throttling sceptic, initiallyDESISTAAcross 24: Monkey's not forbidden — understood?IMPLICITAAcross 25: Bearing upSTANDINGAAcross 26: Obstacle to artist securing capital returnREMORADDown 2: Run member of pack overFLOWDDown 3: Feeling hugely enthusiastic about new birdSENTIMENTDDown 4: Parched, wanting fifth of 5 6sTHIRTYDDown 5: Deep utterances regretted next morning?THEDRINKTALKINGDDown 6: Studies of low life engrossing potheadINSPECTSDDown 7: Irritating noise? It's 5 downWHINEDDown 8: Died for nothing in "Coriolanus", misreading meteorological portentsRAINCLOUDSDDown 12: A collection of books about m-mollusc dropping 5 with mixed feelingsAMBIVALENTDDown 15: Foul-up is introduced to logo — it's a threat to civilisation!TERRORISMDDown 16: Texts for setting up a bit of bitter bileLIBRETTIDDown 19: Pager perhaps causing apiarist to emit cry of alarm?BEEPERDDown 21: 10? It's 5 downDJINNDDown 22: The ultimate conveyance? It's 5 downBIER