The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 9th May 2016 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 9th May 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Number, figure and cipherNOBODYAAcross 4: Chance taken by doctor in stormGAMBLEAAcross 9: Keep going — or don't!STAYAAcross 10: Club gets convict into hellish troubleSHILLELAGHAAcross 11: Rare fights with sweetheartSPARSEAAcross 12: Lots of beatingsLASHINGSAAcross 13: Greatest respect for commercial deliveryADORATIONAAcross 15: Frozen fish left insideCOLDAAcross 16: Laws that can only be broken by an expertCODEAAcross 17: Put up or cut upQUARTEREDAAcross 21: Inclined to blow one's top?VOLCANICAAcross 22: Too inexperienced to express pain?CALLOWAAcross 24: Improvement in cultureREFINEMENTAAcross 25: Instrument that has an appalling soundVIOLAAcross 26: He acted and wrote a letter in Greek to a RomanPINEROAAcross 27: See where they workCLERGYDDown 1: Computer found after hold up of college flatNOTEPADDDown 2: He foots the bill for cow barn, one hearsBUYERDDown 3: Decline scented make-upDESCENTDDown 5: In the end, mountain range finishes where Tunisia startsAT LASTDDown 6: Indian food with extra port in AmericaBALTIMOREDDown 7: Occupied in planning to marryENGAGEDDDown 8: Determination an heir already hasWILLTOSUCCEEDDDown 14: Introduce new price cutREDUCTIONDDown 16: Photograph of way-out couplesCLOSE-UPDDown 16: Photograph of way-out couplesCLOSEUPDDown 18: Novel, article and storyRECITALDDown 19: Firm in money management?ECONOMYDDown 20: Please aim listening deviceENDEARDDown 23: It may be used to obtain a purchaseLEVER