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The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 28th May 2013

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 28th May 2013. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number# Clue Answer
AAcross 1: Uppity tramp, devout, hogging entrance to temple
AAcross 6: Go mad backwards
AAcross 10: Surfeit of blood and guts originally included
AAcross 11: Dubious sources of early English texts, sacred and profane
AAcross 12: Statesman swapping energy for a mystic symbol
AAcross 13: Set out to be 22d by faithful steward
AAcross 14: Hat and belt converted into shady American bit of military hardware
AAcross 17: Par for Windsor flag?ROYALSTANDARD
AAcross 21: Huge flop — catastrophic — no good looking on the bright side
AAcross 22: Shed returning couple's gesture of affection
AAcross 24: Talking dog left eating hard black dumplingDOUGHBALL
AAcross 25: A Parisian twosome, almost de trop
AAcross 26: Wherewithal to get stoned or pissed?
AAcross 27: Old dykes from which ship's past can be reconstructed
DDown 1: Two-timer — big-time — taking in foreign friends
DDown 2: Idiot and person of faith losing marbles, initially
DDown 3: "Doth Hosea have thy date off?" — well dodgy Biblical locationTHEVALLEYOFTHE
DDown 4: See 3OFDEATH
DDown 5: Soothes twisted tongue
DDown 7: Eatery offering up tune with egregious skill
DDown 8: Drink manufacturer's little brown jug
DDown 9: Onset of sudden infatuation involving frottage with bishop's cleaning equipment
DDown 15: Delight composer, backing virgin keeping quiet, finally
DDown 16: Little man's insides corrupted by sloth?
DDown 18: Teletubby introducing student to Poles' dialect
DDown 19: Head lice possibly infesting cyclist's accoutrement
DDown 20: See 3
DDown 23: Lofty peaks in African desert
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