The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 20th May 2013 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 20th May 2013. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: Losing head, gambler becomes an embezzlerPECULATORAAcross 8: I held wrong capitalDELHIAAcross 9: No longer with the directors, taken to drinkOVERBOARDAAcross 10: Being liable to errorHUMANAAcross 12: Intermediate gears none would wish to engageIDLERSAAcross 13: Beaten by heroic exploit in actionDEFEATEDAAcross 14: Graduates meeting shortly? It's in the windBASSOONAAcross 17: Unruly mob in Shakespeare use gunsBOMBARDAAcross 20: Approve of gin? Nonsense!CLAPTRAPAAcross 22: Aintree starterCOURSEAAcross 24: Prohibition, most of all, is boringBANALAAcross 25: Fight and row, never sleeping togetherBOXANDCOXAAcross 26: Propeller guardSCREWAAcross 27: Drink time — get the carriagePORTERAGEDDown 1: Loud Verdi composition full of fire and passionFERVIDDDown 2: Bolts from argumentsQUARRELSDDown 3: They grip and hold on in the last resortTALONSDDown 4: In which to see ring fightersCORRIDADDown 5: Jellyfish in sea north of AmericaMEDUSADDown 6: Rather like a chat about a change of weatherWHEATEARDDown 11: Hairstyle for a transformation?AFRODDown 15: Daughter eschews flirting for marriageALLIANCEDDown 16: Means of propulsion on a Roman ship, originallyOARSDDown 18: Spread around, by the perimeterBOUNDARYDDown 19: A rugby player, too fat to be fitAPROPOSDDown 21: Collect rands clutched by one who is settling upPRAYERDDown 22: Spotless tea set put outCHASTEDDown 23: Absorbing example of marine lifeSPONGE