The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 25th May 2016 There are 13 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 25th May 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: She, all stirred up with ire, is to create a stinkRAISE HELLAAcross 10: Picture frayed and old, showing a butterfly, for exampleIMAGOAAcross 11: Funny man, criminal, putting any number offGAGSTERAAcross 12: Jewish sect possesses identity this writer's providedHASIDIMAAcross 13: Something added on the end of affectionate princess's letter?ANNEXAAcross 14: Shakespearean fool joins gang, becoming rottenFESTERINGAAcross 16: Diplomatic officer, one with volunteer force in surprisingly athletic armyMILITARY ATTACHEAAcross 19: About to be met by coastal sport expert and bob up again?RESURFACEAAcross 21: Give some bottles a rinse — there's poison thereSARINAAcross 22: Top mother embracing proposition, exuding loveMAXIMUMAAcross 23: Negative information about free membership to club?SUBZEROAAcross 24: Fifty little things charged up with pride?LIONSAAcross 25: Like some logs from a pine ruined by awful rainNAPIERIANDDown 1: Writer of instructions for selective school that's 6?PROGRAMMERDDown 2: Unblemished business conglomerate? A lie that is put outVIRGINALDDown 3: Point conveyed by lover textingVERTEXDDown 4: Sign of sorrow or rageTEARDDown 5: Hot tea, alas, tricky to find in HawaiiALOHA STATEDDown 6: Maiden meeting cast with inappropriate character?MISSPELTDDown 7: National leader gets good greeting and is entertainedGANDHIDDown 8: Kind, like those supporting Bond's bossFORMDDown 14: Slightly odd foreign parts to entertain a fighting force preparing in advanceFOREARMINGDDown 15: EU pondering changes — I would drop its outdated financial conceptGREENPOUNDDDown 17: It is cooked without butter, superior sort of dessertTIRAMISUDDown 18: Philanthropist, composer and soldier meeting in churchCARNEGIEDDown 20: See old lover being hugged — a provocative lady maybe?SEXPOTDDown 21: Balkan native when uprising gets sharp weaponsSABRESDDown 22: Country's cricketer in team captained by A. CookMALIDDown 23: Clan that comes when summer turns to autumnSEPT