The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 8th May 2019 There are 15 across clues and 19 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 8th May 2019. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Still in tears periodically during sexINERTAAcross 10: Involve one like Puck — a Celt, I suspectIMPLICATEAAcross 11: Very bitter civil unrest about 14VITRIOLICAAcross 12: Stars regular characters in 4, 6 or 9, primarilyORIONAAcross 13: Say 4 getting stripped off 'offensive'? Solutions include each member of such a group with G-strings onQUARTETAAcross 15: Son, not daughter, of writer gets illSICKENSAAcross 17: Prince appearing in dream, eerilyAMEERAAcross 18: Recording of sibling rivalry?DVDAAcross 20: Girl having one drinkLASSIAAcross 22: Tsetses flying in groups of 6SESTETSAAcross 25: Avoiding interaction in adult partyASOCIALAAcross 26: Bacteria in bird's eye, sayCOCCIAAcross 27: Accessible island to the west on open stretch of waterREACHABLEAAcross 30: Pub notice about a popeINNOCENTIAAcross 31: Fiddle duet in US residenceCONDODDown 1: Missile landing right inside MI5MIRVDDown 2: Game's up, in general, for inspectorLESTRADEDDown 3: A case of home tuitionETUIDDown 4: Broke diet, with a third of vol-au-vent demolishedVIOLATEDDDown 5: Highest points of a group of stars with only one sunAPICESDDown 6: Liqueur taking legroom in carLIMONCELLODDown 7: A case of meeting about 4DATIVEDDown 8: Verse given to a German tenorVEINDDown 13: Muscles in groups working together? Not initiallyQUADSDDown 14: Suite, perhaps, for 13 across going 1 downTHREE-PIECEDDown 16: Small tablet found in shedSPILLDDown 19: Striking a flowing boundary up in Durham — it leads to centuryDRAMATICDDown 21: Body part in rubbish bin — and what setter did about it?SHIN BONEDDown 21: Body part in rubbish bin — and what setter did about it?SHINBONEDDown 23: Reserves with which to back horses, perhapsSECONDDDown 24: See 23STRINGDDown 26: Murderer taking taxi home after disposing of bishopCAINDDown 28: Joint providing German wineHOCKDDown 29: Wound up seeing statue's nameEROS