The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 17th May 2017 There are 15 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 17th May 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: One soldier, initially, aboard fancy launchORIGINATEAAcross 10: Kind of wings Daedalus had initiallyDELTAAAcross 11: Finally cut world record?ATLASAAcross 12: Article finally reduced, helping to make new versionITERATIONAAcross 13: What's finally written need not changeENDNOTEAAcross 14: Players of music initially assembled?DEEJAYSAAcross 17: Characters in old script from beginning also finishALPHAAAcross 19: See 17ANDAAcross 20: See 17OMEGAAAcross 21: Line crossed by me, not an inhabitant initiallySETTLERAAcross 22: Very well packing trunk, finally fit in small volumeBOOKLETAAcross 24: Informs about rise in cash used in 1971, finallySHILLINGSAAcross 26: Stupid way clue and puzzle finishINANEAAcross 28: Scientific device initially put together in 1960LASERAAcross 29: Initially reduced a lot in adult? Very littleMINIATUREDDown 1: Ace holding up fish that gets played, finallyCODADDown 2: Ignoring negative split, finally editor is satisfiedFILLEDDDown 3: Trees to come down, initiallyFIRST OF ALLDDown 4: Inhabitant initially unsophisticated about timeNATIVEDDown 5: Part of OED finished and justifiedDEFENDEDDDown 6: Initially, is doctor elated at result of brain operation?IDEADDown 7: Final university tardy covering MIT upULTIMATEDDown 8: Leading part in drama, initiallyMAINDDown 13: Tests officer, initially, with fire directed upwardsEXAMSDDown 15: Saving money with false claim on author, initiallyECONOMICALDDown 16: Initiate top player on timeSTARTDDown 18: Start off initially in drug trial with least sensePOTTIESTDDown 19: Words initially put together in a piece of writing about friendACRONYMSDDown 22: Initially establishing container, finally goodBASINGDDown 23: Distance definable, for me, as initially in four piecesLEAGUEDDown 24: Preserve discussions to reduce nuclear danger, initiallySALTDDown 25: Old instrument some finally retunedLYREDDown 27: Place for couple, initially, in gated enclaveEDEN