The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 24th May 2012 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 24th May 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Fashionable singing in The BillINVOICEAAcross 5: Last word of body in ego tripGOOD-BYEAAcross 5: Last word of body in ego tripGOODBYEAAcross 9: Dangerous types said to be safe?RECKLESSDRIVERSAAcross 10: Precious metal, or a fraction of a shekelAGORAAAcross 11: Nearly led astray with erudition?LEARNEDLYAAcross 12: Insulate Bresnan to cause excitement?STIMULATEAAcross 14: Thin slice of metal used in conflictWAFERAAcross 15: Scramble as the change appearsHASTEAAcross 16: "Heavy metals" drama detailed with the occasion of Caesar's endACTINIDESAAcross 18: Well dressed, it's concludedWRAPPED UPAAcross 21: Weapon for a childless listenerSPEARAAcross 22: Cameron's "big idea" in Yorkshire, say?BUILDING SOCIETYAAcross 23: Square-cornered and confusedTANGLEDAAcross 24: Out of service, having expired without suspicionDISUSEDDDown 1: Raids on new invasionsINROADSDDown 2: Unfashionable tourist vacation — one perhaps may start here?VICTORIASTATIONDDown 3: Latin rule translated as malevolenceILL NATUREDDown 4: Supporter of visual artEASELDDown 5: Somehow get pardon for one grooming another's child?GODPARENTDDown 6: Vegetable rejected by one in repeated refusalONIONDDown 7: Ready-sliced loaf?BREADOFIDLENESSDDown 8: One who writes a letter to a philosopherESSAYERDDown 13: A body done in and leftABANDONEDDDown 14: Turn blows to find their direction?WINDSOCKSDDown 15: Warmonger — a little weedHAWKBITDDown 17: Wandered off, but right away detainedSTRAYEDDDown 19: In one's depression it could have stopped a lorryPEDALDDown 20: Sat, having fought against having no workPOSED