The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 11th May 2018 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 11th May 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: King enters affair with army corps backing — he has weaponsARMOURERAAcross 9: Novel serving of mashed potato?SCOOPAAcross 10: Racing driver family's riseHILLAAcross 11: Dry sort of northern £1 note across the seaNONDRINKERAAcross 12: Energy produce by sun in equivalent type of oilSESAMEAAcross 14: Hand back old man left in GapAPPLAUSEAAcross 16: Church doorkeeper moved to SyriaOSTIARYAAcross 18: Shrink one spoilsATROPHYAAcross 21: High Tory capers will doRIGHTYHOAAcross 23: When to be rejected by wind godSATURNAAcross 24: Neglect your garden plants? Not on the surfaceUNDERWATERAAcross 26: Suffering light that's pronouncedPAINAAcross 27: Hastings has, on the outside, abandoned incenseSTINGAAcross 28: A people fit and willingAMENABLEDDown 1: Footwear riddle (opening's moved to heel)TRAINERSDDown 2: Bird sound, piano and song — it's murder!FOULDDown 3: Grand farmhouse fruit, good for nothingGRANGEDDown 4: Go in pursuit of pleasure without currency, old man!GRANDADDDown 5: Nation of Trump senior, a major power no moreUSSRDDown 6: Play area feature? Not exactlyROUNDABOUTDDown 7: Drugs that are incorporated into shoesUPPERSDDown 13: Tai chi term for development work on figuresARITHMETICDDown 15: Reverse dancing? PreciselyPATDDown 17: Name a god ending in YRAYDDown 19: Thigh or rib lead housing far from attractiveHORRIBLEDDown 20: Bringer of tidings needs support — Mother Nature, primarilyPOSTMANDDown 22: Produce charged particles and celebrate toplessIONISEDDown 23: Way a good sort nurses Rowan, perhapsSTREETDDown 25: Wife, decline to carry on!WAGEDDown 26: See 2PLAY