The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 1st May 2019 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 1st May 2019. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Broken arm having mended, do some knitting?CAST-OFFAAcross 1: Broken arm having mended, do some knitting?CASTOFFAAcross 5: Protect offspring of hound by taking son insideBABY-SITAAcross 5: Protect offspring of hound by taking son insideBABYSITAAcross 9: Makeover: about to get sexually desirableREFITAAcross 10: US city gets a new church — with nothing to go up the wallANCHORAGEAAcross 11: Fine-tuned athletes, packed with energy, taken out at night?FALSE TEETHAAcross 12: See 21SEASAAcross 14: Get too enthusiastic and hit the drinkGOOVERBOARDAAcross 18: A tender baritone finally accompanying Brummie hymnABIDEWITHMEAAcross 21: Notes broadcast far from land?HIGHAAcross 22: Confusion when two females replace centre of gutter in parapetBAFFLEMENTAAcross 25: Description of certain pod members rendered in dialectIDENTICALAAcross 26: Molten material's reduced periodical stateMAGMAAAcross 27: Passage from Burns' Go With StyleGANGWAYAAcross 28: A touching feature of Dynasty (Net version)TANGENTDDown 1: Vehicle advanced on iron vesselCARAFEDDown 2: Singular approach of primate-catcher?SOFTLYDDown 3: Was of greater importance, so able to walk better through water, they sayOUTWEIGHEDDDown 4: Flash unfashionable attire — reduced!FLAREDDown 5: Prominent features of 'dandy champers'BUCKTEETHDDown 6: Blair's reported prosperityBOOMDDown 7: Revolutionary scientific facility — Pascal be damned!SPACELABDDown 8: Northern area supports, of course, sports teamTEESSIDEDDown 13: Qualified, reportedly, to identify island's saltABLE SEAMANDDown 15: Gay choir formed around end of April, a powerful groupOLIGARCHYDDown 16: Unknown number longing to include time out on the water?YACHTINGDDown 17: Finger twisted inside hollowed-out Kenyan rainforest plantKING FERNDDown 19: Coalition: the French diseaseLEAGUEDDown 20: Narrow part said to be in lineSTRAITDDown 23: Cut line by knot's endFILETDDown 24: Away with this illicit cruiser!STOW