The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 22nd May 2017 There are 15 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 22nd May 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: With time, successor of bothTHEIRAAcross 10: Father goes to Minorca, having break that's all-inclusivePANORAMICAAcross 11: Horse-drawn vehicle industryDILIGENCEAAcross 12: Scrap when Communist is told to be quiet!SHREDAAcross 13: I meant a change to liven things upANIMATEAAcross 15: Short of shotguns?SAWN-OFFAAcross 17: No, no, not here!THEREAAcross 18: Due to take bus backSUBAAcross 20: Appeal in two waysREFERAAcross 22: Pause as priest turns a keyRESPITEAAcross 25: Fool's rude, that's for certainASSUREDAAcross 26: Panic, losing head, and slipERRORAAcross 27: Design pet device, but not what it seems at firstDECEPTIVEAAcross 30: Judge a little speed to be about rightARBITRATEAAcross 31: Symbol of sovereignty King Charles had to acknowledgeCROWNDDown 1: Endless reading for a bossSTUDDDown 2: Worst type of underground heating?HELLFIREDDown 3: End of spinnaker in large sailing shipBRIGDDown 4: Painless exercise for dogsSPANIELSDDown 5: Ernest goes out for recordsENTERSDDown 6: Angry expressions that call for solutionsCROSSWORDSDDown 7: It grows more by developmentEMBRYODDown 8: Drug found in a police departmentACIDDDown 13: His professionalism may be brought into playACTORDDown 14: Improve meal or I eat outAMELIORATEDDown 16: Given the sack with enthusiasmFIREDDDown 19: Subsidiary offices of the Forestry Commission?BRANCHESDDown 21: Inferior sort of poker, perhaps?FIRE IRONDDown 23: Score as a writerSCRIBEDDown 24: Make attractive object — a listening deviceENDEARDDown 26: Dutch product manufactured to be sent NorthEDAMDDown 28: Old northerner caught in a trapPICTDDown 29: Mount found in Estonia, oddly enoughETNA