The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 9th May 2017 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 9th May 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Detective's behind convenience storeJOHNLEWISAAcross 10: Reason reporter's dressed to anger animal activistsINFERAAcross 11: Zidane's refusal to get club's kind of shirt?NONIRONAAcross 12: Extremely abrasive music could be metalCAESIUMAAcross 13: Hearts broken from wails in parliament?OWLSAAcross 14: I'm amazed by old people's investmentCORONATIONAAcross 15: East Londoner's trial, after hiding queen's jewelleryEARRINGAAcross 17: Slight injury is no handicapSCRATCHAAcross 19: Thatcherite maybe stirring up a rebellionNEOLIBERALAAcross 22: Spies in Jerusalem uncovered bonesOSSAAAcross 23: Shock: divas to undress, partlyASTOUNDAAcross 24: Machine's secure, stopping end revolvingTWINTUBAAcross 26: Cover musical composition with verse includedDUVETAAcross 27: Speculate British artist is a fashioner of bustsWONDERBRADDown 1: Rock and roll's first grand hit, with Joe StrummerDJANGOREINHARDTDDown 2: Retailer's name in creditCHANDLERDDown 3: Make unclear, novel advert cut shortBLURDDown 4: New boy dips into illicit money, a career-ending momentSWAN SONGDDown 5: Horridly vacuous cops running around in filmPSYCHODDown 6: Spooner's to rent clothing for terrier?WIREHAIRDDown 7: Arm broken by fellow when climbing Italian buildingUFFIZIDDown 8: Labour's beast trashed May: "An abhorrent leader of idiots"ERYMANTHIANBOARDDown 16: I'm giving up, overwhelmed by current state of US injusticeINIQUITYDDown 17: Function assumed by Poles or GreeksSPARTANSDDown 18: Experimental equipment fixed up underground — about time!TEST TUBEDDown 20: Green welcoming tax rises in fixed intervalOCTAVEDDown 21: Four card players wrapping party giftsENDOWSDDown 25: How month starts to turn coldICED