The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 9th May 2011 There are 18 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 9th May 2011. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Inquest to sort out results of divisionQUOTIENTSAAcross 6: Land set back by a lakeERIEAAcross 8: Let's beat crashes with thisSEAT BELTAAcross 8: Let's beat crashes with thisSEATBELTAAcross 9: Complaint made by qualified womanMALADYAAcross 10: Refined engine driverPETROLAAcross 11: Sacrifice strong in foreign partsOFFERINGAAcross 12: He may make or interpret a scorePLAYERAAcross 15: Entertainer, possibly SudaneseDANSEUSEAAcross 16: Shaped up again — to a more moral life?RE-FORMEDAAcross 16: Shaped up again — to a more moral life?REFORMEDAAcross 19: A trail possibly taken to rodeo by cowboyLARIATAAcross 21: Composition on a Latin subjectNATIONALAAcross 22: Spiritual leaders in fiscal troubleCALIFSAAcross 24: Nobody working to maximum capacityALL-OUTAAcross 25: Musical instrument untouchedVIRGINALAAcross 26: Wild swan seen in a field of barleyAWNSAAcross 27: Give up on French returnSURRENDERDDown 1: Rank as a hairstyleQUEUEDDown 2: Where office work is seen to be doneOUT-TRAYDDown 3: Conception many find immaculateIDEALDDown 4: People going to court may catch it!NETCORDDDown 5: It is provided in important cup matchSEMIFINALDDown 6: General form of increaseENLARGEDDown 7: Units seen in one Eastern country or anotherINDONESIADDown 13: Willingly permit to remain inactiveLIEFALLOWDDown 14: Considers a terminus needs renovationRUMINATESDDown 17: Nothing less holds nothing threateningOMINOUSDDown 18: Set free but abused in returnDELIVERDDown 20: Had a series of strokes but recoveredRALLIEDDDown 22: Cut number in custodyCARVEDDown 23: Gift is just about a poundFLAIR