The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 27th May 2015 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 27th May 2015. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Garment for Wayneee and Terryyy?LONG JOHNSAAcross 6: Food, hot beef sandwichesCHOWAAcross 8: Material cut, the lot turned backPRUNELLAAAcross 9: Walls of Alcatraz, behind which a meadow plantAZALEAAAcross 10: Saboteur, important bird poking my darling up the Eiffel Tower?MONKEYAAcross 11: Best sell screws, as trousers falling down?BELTLESSAAcross 12: Investigators tucked in to perfect cold tartACIDICAAcross 15: European capital not entirely behind revolutionary bloke, a very old EuropeanYUGOSLAVAAcross 16: Coming up, floatingIN THE AIRAAcross 19: Tool in hand, phone line's cutTROWELAAcross 21: See 10WRENCHERAAcross 22: Cook too much food, revolting part sent backOVERDOAAcross 24: Badger epidemicPLAGUEAAcross 25: Reptile smart as a peacock?BOASTINGAAcross 26: See 20MOONAAcross 27: End of August, then a year in Provence? About time for a chatTETE-A-TETEDDown 1: Broad collar, gold catchesLARGODDown 2: Dinks on knots designed to avoid slipsNONSKIDDDown 3: Very merryJOLLYDDown 4: School leader, male, wise character standing to welcome first of boardersHEADBOYDDown 5: Such twinkling remote around the black stuffSTARLIGHTDDown 6: Actor wasting ton at end of one trip — on another?CHARLESDDown 7: Exaggerate rubbish in old poemOVERSTATEDDown 13: Drawl finally nailed by actor, not bad voiceCONTRALTODDown 14: Smash up the cars on street to check for their roadworthinessCRASHTESTDDown 17: Aggressive invader gripping with good armHANDGUNDDown 18: Welsh food, peculiar tasteRAREBITDDown 20: Lower so very high?OVERTHEDDown 22: He'll be leaving home next year with no degreesOBAMADDown 23: See 6DANCE