The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 8th May 2013 There are 15 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 8th May 2013. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Obstructed editors going after troublemakerIMPEDEDAAcross 5: House records for believers in complex systemsHOLISTSAAcross 9: Attempts to capture queen and rooks, perhapsBIRDSAAcross 10: Record supporter during play, having run wildly into disorderly battleTURNTABLEAAcross 11: Spotting part of problem is hingeBLEMISHINGAAcross 12: Thing of little value — copy many answers here without a breakDO ITAAcross 12: Thing of little value — copy many answers here without a breakDOITAAcross 14: Comic annual is hit for some EuropeansLITHUANIANSAAcross 18: Practical, as one is prone to be, facing garden?DOWN-TO-EARTHAAcross 21: General name for group of plants as fuel, we hearCOLEAAcross 22: What young man may do in spring or autumn with current novel's revisionFALL IN LOVEAAcross 25: Sign pointing towards hotel not on? AbsolutelyTO THE HILTAAcross 26: Soundly beats it as a source of irritationFLEASAAcross 27: Stops some who believe in creator taking son inDESISTSAAcross 28: Foreigner occupying street, strikingSALIENTDDown 1: Consume minute fish that is put outsideIMBIBEDDown 2: Queen holding up one drink or anotherPORTERDDown 3: Whisky, for instance, I even now put in fruitDISTILLATEDDown 4: Partner speaking slangily in European languageDUTCHDDown 5: A lot of grim vexation about university lecturer who's aggressive?HARANGUERDDown 6: Provides accommodation and reasons for reserving?LETSDDown 7: Part of a reckoning, but a lot's going wrongSUBTOTALDDown 8: Most pleasant minute in second trialSWEETESTDDown 13: Not appreciating multinational group taking a lot of fuel around hospitalUNTHANKFULDDown 15: Ways of treating broken heart with culinary treatsTHERAPIESDDown 16: Learned gold coin in river turned upEDUCATEDDDown 17: Centuries for MCC, for exampleTWELFTHSDDown 19: Stick together with male in centreCOHEREDDown 20: County with indefinable quality in which one may liveBEDSITDDown 23: Neighbours of 14 or 6, sayLETTSDDown 24: Busy people in great musical trio, so-calledBEES