The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 18th May 2017 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 18th May 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Boy and I in children's game knocked over championsPALADINSAAcross 9: Stunned in the morning by Observer crosswordAMAZEDAAcross 10: Oatmeal exceptionally fine in dishMEATAAcross 11: Rider in crusade flanked by monarch and ScotsmanEQUESTRIANAAcross 12: Finisher, not starter? That's very good!TOPPERAAcross 14: It's destructive, showing anger about traditional BibleRAVAGINGAAcross 15: Grow weak, left out in painANGUISHAAcross 17: There's little right in fiddle creating disputeWRANGLEAAcross 20: Laissez-faire type? Not sailor from African countryLIBERIANAAcross 22: Activity on rugby field trapping a boneSACRUMAAcross 23: Sausage roll made at BarkingMORTADELLAAAcross 24: See 10LOAFAAcross 25: Troublesome kid eating egg with a little bit of extra saltBORATEAAcross 26: Breeding of man covered in grassSPAWNINGDDown 1: Ex-PM keeps appealing to the top people in the countryCAMEROUNDDown 2: Travelling fans late — coaches not moving here?FASTDDown 3: In a row nothing upset listenerLINEARDDown 4: Hearing US style, unpleasant modern form of our languageESTUARYDDown 5: Cleric, very big fool, set up religious festivalPASS OVERDDown 5: Cleric, very big fool, set up religious festivalPASSOVERDDown 6: I tire and can go funny — caused by medical treatment?IATROGENICDDown 7: Abandon rail transport, losing heart with delayDETAINDDown 13: Moving up in trade gaining pounds, showing business sense?PRUDENTIALDDown 16: Cheats in society, endlessly calmSWINDLESDDown 18: City road goes round country to the northLAUSANNEDDown 19: See 4ENGLISHDDown 21: One unpleasant person outside work, one with fourteen membersISOPODDDown 22: Channel links Home Counties to "abroad"SEAWAYDDown 24: See 2LANE