The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 26th May 2016 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 26th May 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Reeling, right off, Margaret's violin piece?TUNINGPEGAAcross 6: Toast US abolitionistBROWNAAcross 9: Water brought up by this old mathematician's teamARCHIMEDESSCREWAAcross 10: Potty Earl?GREYAAcross 11: Way to back popular king with a currencySTOTINKAAAcross 14: One who tips off Nai concerning a famous surgeonLISTERIANAAcross 15: Grumpy old person is tense before chaotic flightTROUTAAcross 16: Loud eruption of Oval, when century's baggedVOCALAAcross 18: Brooks sustained said city?MELBOURNEAAcross 20: Row a loch, which is most unpleasantRANKNESSAAcross 21: South West abandons country gardenEDENAAcross 25: Kitchen aid's helium-filled retro movement adjustedOVEN THERMOMETERAAcross 26: City haunt of vice is taxedLADENAAcross 27: Electronic bank withdrawal — in reality, it might not be fully reflected in the costTRUEWORTHDDown 1: Wife gets in smack — result of knicker elastic being tweaked?TWANGDDown 2: Star's upset over cryptic clue's focusNUCLEUSDDown 3: Brad Pitt's second part secured by network backingNAILDDown 4: No 1 left island townPEELDDown 5: Relative origin of universe bounded by morphing rectangleGREAT-UNCLEDDown 6: Terminal break just about engages with satellite's charged particleBUS STATIONDDown 7: Italian town that's too upset to contain diatribeOTRANTODDown 8: City, inexperienced, play defensivelyNEWCASTLEDDown 12: Rising to the surface and new: stifling to bootWELLINGTONDDown 13: A sure indication drunk has to set outLITMUS TESTDDown 14: Organ and wind backing that's associated with the BeatlesLIVERPOOLDDown 17: Challenge something said against nurseCONTENDDDown 19: Tailless warbler is ideological symbolREDSTARDDown 22: Russian Orthodox housing shown at the top of a map?NORTHDDown 23: Round, bum-shaped tree of the South American pampasOMBUDDown 24: Gull's call follows second diverSMEW