The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 12th May 2015 There are 17 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 12th May 2015. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: My word for doggie dishGOODGRIEFAAcross 6: 25's not PM after leading close run electionCREAMAAcross 9: Opt out of apposite anagram 25SEPIAAAcross 10: Understand pastime in which he's involvedEMPATHISEAAcross 11: Staff ends up agreed to differRODAAcross 12: Hold out for one's viewpoint about life supportSELFIESTICKAAcross 14: Excuse when party's overCONDONEAAcross 15: A regular occurrence at one's home groundHABITATAAcross 16: Used to 6 down various places listed to openSCALPELAAcross 19: Revised Maastricht Treaty lacking chemistry — heard repeatedly from knockersRAT-A-TATAAcross 19: Revised Maastricht Treaty lacking chemistry — heard repeatedly from knockersRATATATAAcross 22: Erotica and porn rubbished by new generationPROCREATIONAAcross 23: Go out with Victorian female poet for startersEBBAAcross 24: Vitriolic Commons output of the ’80sACIDHOUSEAAcross 26: 25's doctor taking part in a TV seriesAMBERAAcross 27: Christ briefly implicated in opposite sides for 25OCHREAAcross 28: Incredibly end with assets in bloated conditionSATEDNESSDDown 1: Hangover chiefly to restrain incipient corpulence of the stomachGASTRICDDown 2: Urban work he investigates requires a desperate characterOPPIDANDDown 3: He gives away funnel for a cocktailGRASSHOPPERDDown 4: 25 diamonds squandered, we hearICEBLUEDDown 5: Vain search to include roundabout double parkingFOPPISHDDown 6: Refuse to acknowledge central role in public utilityCUTDDown 7: Title is abused by snobELITISTDDown 8: South African animal meat possesses a low ratingMEERKATDDown 13: Inferior editorial team member on London paper, brieflySUBSTANDARDDDown 16: Free impersonator loses remit for a particular voiceSOPRANODDown 17: Writer of article starts to lose heart after foreign agreementANOUILHDDown 18: Unions pass off workmatesLEAGUESDDown 19: Old clothing ripped without intentionRAIMENTDDown 20: Shake like 16 down over first meetingTREMBLEDDown 21: Bastard to get retrained, once worn outTABARDSDDown 25: Part of 24 loses even toneHUE