The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 6th May 2015 There are 17 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 6th May 2015. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Calm, swallowing drink (no ice), from dawn to duskALLDAYAAcross 5: Quiet parking places supplied with old magazinesPLAYBOYSAAcross 9: Make every effort in one area to separate two others that may 26BUSTAGUTAAcross 10: Without a smile, sacrificing daughter for husband regularlyHOURLYAAcross 11: Spare item is shortTHINAAcross 12: To interrupt collapse, a minute's thoughtRUMINATIONAAcross 13: Sounds like a son of Israel's an artistRUBENSAAcross 14: Good manners in trial scene? Yes, sort ofCOURTESYAAcross 16: I start to cry and implore piteouslyCOMPILERAAcross 19: Great man, one out and about the bankGATSBYAAcross 21: Flyer: "Dog left on unstable slope"SCREECH OWLAAcross 23: Bring up — this?REARAAcross 24: No tailback in cityTUCSONAAcross 25: An organisation starts to make intelligent criticism of body's structureANATOMICAAcross 26: Man with hesitation abandoning British projectSTAND OUTAAcross 26: Man with hesitation abandoning British projectSTANDOUTAAcross 27: Fasten number on back of vestTETHERDDown 2: Contemptuously dismiss our flu, caught too badlyLAUGHOUTOFCOURTDDown 3: Attendee not originally disturbed in accommodationDETENTEDDown 4: Empty young, good bar that's filled with sulphur and ashYGGDRASILDDown 5: River to computer is a different onePOTOMACDDown 6: Has lost on points, looking shockedASHENDDown 7: Singer wants lute to play in pieceBLUE TITDDown 7: Singer wants lute to play in pieceBLUETITDDown 8: A number wanting mustard on sandwichYELLOWSUBMARINEDDown 15: Showing no 14, soldier holds up gun shooting everyoneUNGALLANTDDown 17: Hurry along to get TV working?PRESS ONDDown 18: Olympic diplomacy avoiding this being read?RIOT ACTDDown 20: Rise from bed to dismiss assemblyTURN OUTDDown 20: Rise from bed to dismiss assemblyTURNOUTDDown 22: Such a positive attitude the makings of a small company?CAN-DO