The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 15th May 2014 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 15th May 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: In casual style, play keeping at a certain levelSTRATUMAAcross 5: Extra weight, dammit, about a poundBALLASTAAcross 9: Put on food for queensCATERAAcross 10: Some disastrous films noirs?OILSLICKSAAcross 11: Nation into old language, Germany as usualNORMALISEDAAcross 12: Century forward then?TONAAcross 14: Judge record speed, about one minuteDISCRIMINATEAAcross 18: Real number around about a thousand, back as standardUNREMARKABLEAAcross 21: Halter top is not hersHISAAcross 22: Impious characters in Arimathea then? I shudder!HEATHENISHAAcross 25: Queen's king not left to stuff vegetableONEVISIONAAcross 26: Mathematician bending rule about first of equationsEULERAAcross 27: Cruise around state east of Maine — there's another word for itMETONYMAAcross 28: Adulterer, say, gutless guy in collaborationSYNERGYDDown 1: Flash is silverSECONDDDown 2: King's son, utter freak wrapped in plasterRETURNDDown 3: Land about right, a farmer needing it cultivatedTERRA FIRMADDown 4: I ramble, rolling tongueMAORIDDown 5: Party coming up, I learn moves to become a dancerBALLERINADDown 6: All shook up, a land in California?LALADDown 7: Bay cooler?ALCATRAZDDown 8: See 2TOSENDERDDown 13: King's pop songBILLIEJEANDDown 15: Record moving up into top 1,000 — It's Now Or NeverCARPEDIEMDDown 16: Parent welcoming a little less conversation with young Australian swellMUSHROOMDDown 17: Chance to be among the finest, most energeticBRISKESTDDown 19: Queen's with queen, as king more poorlyKILLERDDown 20: Question about stray bargeWHERRYDDown 23: Capital city is under revolutionary enthusiastTUNISDDown 24: Close to the French, north EuropeanFINN