The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 21st May 2018 There are 14 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 21st May 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Fuel element in heart of reactor to be eaten awayCORRODEAAcross 5: Judge a royal nipperARBITERAAcross 9: Turner is delayed about an hourLATHEAAcross 10: Theatre company dislike pictureREPRESENTAAcross 11: Open vessel journalist upsetOVERTURNEDAAcross 12: Greet bad weatherHAILAAcross 14: Siren in car sent hens crazyENCHANTRESSAAcross 18: Trendy Italian banker boxes celebrated doctorHIPPOCRATESAAcross 21: Look suggestively back in the danceREELAAcross 22: Mrs Mopp has time to recycle liqueurCHARTREUSEAAcross 25: Relative gets a halt signal that’s not vindicatedUNCLEAREDAAcross 26: Children's game gets you and me in riverTAGUSAAcross 27: Camera socket stolen by son with long-handled instrumentHOTSHOEAAcross 28: Part of the creche longs for rankECHELONDDown 1: Immature animal eats everythingCALLOWDDown 2: Cad runs over appealing carnivoreROTTERDDown 3: Alien hiding in public dance is lacking restraintOVER-THE-TOPDDown 4: Blunder has rascal guillotinedERRORDDown 5: Place trap carelessly and this could be upsetAPPLECARTDDown 6: Worker gets king a drinkBEERDDown 7: Youth to generate transformationTEENAGERDDown 8: Hard-hearted? Girl not so much!RUTHLESSDDown 13: He attracts constituents but only with difficultyATASTRETCHDDown 15: God’s in charge of working animalCART HORSEDDown 15: God’s in charge of working animalCARTHORSEDDown 16: Utter nothing in betweenTHOROUGHDDown 17: Superior reduced strikeUPPERCUTDDown 19: Stick semi-digested food with jellyCUDGELDDown 20: Model wearing fewer clothes?LESSONDDown 23: Travel across German mountain rangeRIDGEDDown 24: Jacob's wife finds the meadow hotLEAH