The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 24th May 2013 There are 15 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 24th May 2013. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Panorama broadcast about vote for a period of stabilityPAX ROMANAAAcross 10: Contemporary copies held by literature professorREPROAAcross 11: Constant intense pressure for dishonest personCHEATAAcross 12: They will profoundly mislead you, unless I do otherwiseDELUSIONSAAcross 13: A little seabird or marsh birdBITTERNAAcross 14: Make some changes in speech to spread ill-feeling about leftINFLECTAAcross 17: Time in prison reduced by exactly 50% for venomous attackSTINGAAcross 19: Finally at short notice producing a small amountTADAAcross 20: Some upset over reversing 25 and 27VOTESAAcross 21: Drawbacks in writing about having current employmentMINUSESAAcross 22: They indicate additions, including extra line in CatsPLUSSESAAcross 24: Bit of proverbial wisdom about very diligent worker creating profitADVANTAGEAAcross 26: Retrospectively, a time and a place for sporting contestARENAAAcross 28: Start of trial with legal representative in poor conditionTATTYAAcross 29: Concerning learner — changed gear too muchOVERLARGEDDown 1: Some impressive pictureEPICDDown 2: Apply without pressure, as one with particular proficiencyEXPERTDDown 3: Confused blog stated it's a kind of fuelBOTTLED GASDDown 4: Sign agreement to strike, overturning excusePARDONDDown 5: Awfully bad girl pinching ring one imprisoned repeatedlyGAOLBIRDDDown 6: 2, 24 across and 4, oddly, as opposed to 8PROSDDown 7: Work quietly on early bid as rivalOPPONENTDDown 8: Business partners, such as 5, 11 and 17CONSDDown 13: In period of prosperity, bury small chestBOSOMDDown 15: Value of bar seen in drunken state as propitiousFAVOURABLEDDown 16: Old American model poses for work assignmentsTASKSDDown 18: Do something creative, based on instinct, about old volumeINNOVATEDDown 19: As one who's left, critically examine a Conservative cutTESTATORDDown 22: Have greater regard for judge interrupting jury member half-heartedly?PREFERDDown 23: 8 animals in herdSTEERSDDown 24: 7 cannot win, being oddly deficientANTIDDown 25: Denials beginning now, as you speakNAYSDDown 27: One or more positive responsesAYES