The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 23rd May 2012 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 23rd May 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: I'm leaving choir master to sort out the musiciansORCHESTRAAAcross 6: See 26WINDAAcross 8: Face the music, perhaps, mixing this?METAPHORAAcross 9: Back in Yachimata, traditionally under footTATAMIAAcross 10: Where Arab goes off to acquire mapBAZAARAAcross 11: Regular flow at the end of the dayEVENTIDEAAcross 12: Argue against the core of Rastafarian faithBELIEFAAcross 15: Awkward to do then with precisionON THE DOTAAcross 16: Believer once consumed by a jobAPOSTATEAAcross 19: Bend knees of laconic and heartless spyCURTSYAAcross 21: Hippies out in the rainDROPOUTSAAcross 22: Smart Egyptian leader to follow since PharaohASTUTEAAcross 24: A wing and a kiss in a year in ProvenceANNEXEAAcross 25: Saw 8, but has not come across doctrineAPHORISMAAcross 26: Film good person who's 14GONEAAcross 27: Disastrous setting for both train and linesTAYBRIDGEDDown 1: Love gameplaying at lastOMEGADDown 2: Bread for man with central heatingCHAPATIDDown 3: A number coming from the Netherlands — could be threeETHERDDown 4: Fuss about correct speech: English can sink a ship!TORPEDODDown 5: Real gold following endless creditAUTHENTICDDown 6: See 26WITHTHEDDown 7: Mad person desperately tries to impressNAMEDROPSDDown 13: Pert nose with a cheeky tongueESPERANTODDown 14: Even you finally advanced with a social problemFLATULENTDDown 17: Top of the Pops up, remember?SUPREMEDDown 18: Chest he put out in simple joyECSTASYDDown 20: Gone to bed: it's not workingRETIREDDDown 22: View with disgust as most leave bathrooms in a messABHORDDown 23: Little bit of discriminationTASTE