The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 9th May 2012 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 9th May 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Main toy is destroyed — ill feeling resultsANIMOSITYAAcross 10: English detective attends court rulingEDICTAAcross 11: Pitt discharged from Outpatients wearing robeSOUTANEAAcross 12: Retire around 50, then party!BLOW OUTAAcross 12: Retire around 50, then party!BLOWOUTAAcross 13: She returns in an instantNINAAAcross 14: Turn up repeatedly before noon? That's ridiculousCOCKAMAMIEAAcross 16: Boy played with headless dogSAMOYEDAAcross 17: Drives over to workforce of womenDISTAFFAAcross 19: Posturing wildly, gripping pole below the beltUNSPORTINGAAcross 22: Case held in perpetuityETUIAAcross 24: Try to catch the girlHEATHERAAcross 25: Queen embraces new quiz gameBEZIQUEAAcross 26: City given half the capital for materialNYLONAAcross 27: Reticent judge about to butt inINTERJECTDDown 1: Oriental leaves circuit, having chanted verses about painful outburstLAPSANGSOUCHONGDDown 2: Plant flying bomb behind packing containerVIBURNUMDDown 3: Today? Forever? Never!NOWAYDDown 4: Kindling passion prior to dealFIREWOODDDown 5: Other ’alf goes back into Denmark for spiritDYBBUKDDown 6: One changing others with first-class intervention?REFORMISTDDown 7: Wind-up children's characters, new outSIMOOMDDown 8: One holding torch trips — batteries fly outSTATUE OF LIBERTYDDown 15: Instrument to chop — sharpen axes firstXYLOPHONEDDown 17: After sound of bell try looking up symbolic textDINGBATSDDown 18: Hostile towards endless pursuit of relicsANTIQUESDDown 20: Principal way to core fruitSTAPLEDDown 21: Preserver of the Ancients — salt and heart of plum?TAR PITDDown 23: Ezra Pound's heartbroken shadeAZURE