The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 14th May 2014 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 14th May 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: "Sun" follows this year's compulsive bed-hopperSATYRAAcross 4: Break down without cover for Skoda vehicle? Correct!DISABUSEAAcross 8: Listen, Picaroon needs treating like a caring personIN LOCO PARENTISAAcross 10: Ballsier, free progressivesLIBERALSAAcross 11: Polish rejecting English entertainmentIMPROVAAcross 12: Two items of clothing for person in fieldSHORT-STOPAAcross 12: Two items of clothing for person in fieldSHORTSTOPAAcross 15: Italian footballers spend cold months without womenINTERAAcross 17: Tennis champ's trophyASHESAAcross 18: Nirvana's rock, blaring, has kicking introSHANGRI-LAAAcross 19: Doctors put elementary wrapping around breaksLETUPSAAcross 21: Pan what a drug supplier may doSTOCKPOTAAcross 24: Cheeky sort of paparazzo pursuing person tanningWHIPPERSNAPPERAAcross 25: Carpeted with soft design over boring crimsonREPROVEDAAcross 26: Member of religious sect can prove who he isHASIDDDown 1: Falter with asinine witticism when drunk?SHILLYSHALLYDDown 2: Half-cut, Tony Blair's wife hides £50 where payment is dueTOLLBOOTHDDown 3: Bishop holds good service, one that flies byRACERDDown 4: Strips down and regularly does gentle exerciseDEPILATESDDown 5: We're told the coast is clearSUREDDown 6: Man, lousy bum, gin's making insensitiveBENUMBINGDDown 7: More self-conscious person having a fling?SHIERDDown 9: Subdued Balls and Miliband welcoming upright head of stateOVERMASTEREDDDown 13: Rubbish penned by cryptic setter — it should make you thinkTEST PAPERDDown 14: Forced to admit routine is rehearsedPRACTISEDDDown 16: Dogs consuming bit of fruit — beginning to eat, they expel gas in AmericaTAILPIPESDDown 20: It's said tea garden borders a US lakeTAHOEDDown 22: Don't go with change, defending LatinCLASHDDown 23: Fuel very Marxist uprisingDERV