The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 4th May 2017 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 4th May 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Underhand scheme finished DalmatiansHUNDREDAAcross 5: Cleaner's quiet constitutional?SHAMPOOAAcross 10: Ponder almost getting slimTHINAAcross 11: Don overwhelmed by weapons and oathsSWEARWORDSAAcross 12: See 1 and 13ANDONEAAcross 13: Nights of joiners in house not for refurbishmentTHOUSANDAAcross 14: Represent each boy provided with untimely endPERSONIFYAAcross 16: Walk down this to Get A Man?AISLEAAcross 17: Lucky German agreement may finally cover Muslim extremistsJAMMYAAcross 19: Sporadic incursion of tiger, possibly into desert settlementSCATTEREDAAcross 23: Better economic growth finally welcomed by intended traderMERCHANTAAcross 24: Never let backs go round the teamELEVENAAcross 26: 15-cc turbo-assisted bike initially gets rickety on slopeTABLESPOONAAcross 27: Try to manage fruitful copper extractionFENDAAcross 28: 18 is French and most cruelMEANESTAAcross 29: Slumber wrapSWADDLEDDown 2: Dement having broken machine gun with no weather protectionUNHINGEDDown 3: Dog in wildDINGODDown 4: Sweetheart seen with backward OrientalEASTERNDDown 6: Fear of God doesn't begin with rhyme or reason originallyHORRORDDown 7: Drunk homes in on thisMOONSHINEDDown 8: Part of crossword in a language bookORDINALDDown 9: You finally quit cosmetic enhancement? That's a great blessing!BEATIFICATIONDDown 15: Mark climbing positions beset by bad omensSEMICOLONDDown 18: A border round a fairAVERAGEDDown 20: Essentially, it's why sea, sky and current give that in which we have informationTHEKNOWDDown 21: At four, cancelled alternative arrangement and that's permanentETERNALDDown 22: What solver does breech in an afterthoughtPARSESDDown 25: Used 11 and blinded?EFFED