The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 19th May 2016 There are 15 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 19th May 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Dedicated traveller dismal after border setbackPILGRIMAAcross 5: Old woman's predicament on following usFUSSPOTAAcross 9: Trip over in bowler's approachRUN-UPAAcross 9: Trip over in bowler's approachRUNUPAAcross 10: Killing man's heading off back — beat it!SNARE DRUMAAcross 11: Marked beast, much loved, taken round Britain on displaySPECTACLEDAAcross 12: Private sector's taxVATAAcross 14: Capital market's amount of business conducted before alleged scandal?BILLINGSGATEAAcross 18: Force rodent outside small flatCONSTABULARYAAcross 21: Female animal almost turned into a maleRAMAAcross 22: Construction worker's course?BRICKLAYERAAcross 25: Being a member, where one expects to be?INTHECLUBAAcross 26: Raised bank within garden's bordersGROWNAAcross 27: Screen man who rides again bearing old dispatchDESTROYAAcross 28: Missile destroyed depot storing goldTORPEDODDown 1: Expression shows the effects of strain on airPHRASEDDown 2: Ran through church in countryLANCEDDDown 3: Agent worried about reduced hearing to return homeREPATRIATEDDown 4: Series of notes reflecting one problem with chapterMUSICDDown 5: Value our sailors in river like brothersFRATERNALDDown 6: Keep back supportSTEMDDown 7: South American jockey in rave-upPERUVIANDDown 8: Salad items needed: cooked meats, tooTOMATOESDDown 13: Forecaster who goes round the houses?ASTROLOGERDDown 15: Baron in story meeting magnanimouslyLIBERALLYDDown 16: Scrambled last of eggs, highly seasonedSCURRIEDDDown 17: Elevated resilience, energy-packed, is inspiringANIMATESDDown 19: Previous drink knocked back amid cheersBYGONEDDown 20: Expert locks up old books without delayPRONTODDown 23: Copper coin couple found in yard, perhaps, long agoCUBITDDown 24: See 11BEAR