The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 15th May 2019 There are 15 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 15th May 2019. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Baseball player's gear suitable for athletesSHORT-STOPAAcross 1: Baseball player's gear suitable for athletesSHORTSTOPAAcross 6: Like an athlete now running with sudden passionINTHEAAcross 9: See 6HEATOFTHEMOMENTAAcross 10: Tempting food I introduced to clubBAITAAcross 11: Regret returning down under, sole region sharing its breadEUROZONEAAcross 14: It's barely legal abroadJUST ABOUTAAcross 15: Society's branch registerLODGEAAcross 16: Conservative party's desire?CRAVEAAcross 18: In fun, publish unbound novel with ingratiating wordsPLAUSIBLYAAcross 20: Spread out, following teacher precipitatelyHEADLONGAAcross 21: Complaint of US soldier largely ignoredFUSSAAcross 25: Unusually mature Derby poet, 37 or soBODY TEMPERATUREAAcross 26: Passage from paper is read backSINUSAAcross 27: Over the moon in darkness?DELIGHTEDDDown 1: During the Raj, Sir Henry stops prejudice risingSAHIBDDown 2: Love changes female organsOVARIESDDown 3: Squashed parrot's foot on perchTRODDDown 4: French actor the worse for wear, we're toldTATIDDown 5: Lively pal and I keeping punter busy before matchPRENUPTIALDDown 6: Heretic in occasional outbursts striking a priest's bottomICONOCLASTDDown 7: Tiny ledge for climber to view, lacking breadthTOEHOLDDDown 8: Very next note dropped by me in bankEXTREMELYDDown 12: Dependent nations worried liberal outsiders in placesSATELLITESDDown 13: Like the compulsive buyer heading off in a rage?HOPPINGMADDDown 14: Spooner's pressman commissions famous cricketerJACKHOBBSDDown 17: Stop a squad playingABANDONDDown 19: Fragrance in Paris that breaks spellBOUQUETDDown 22: Lay out pound in old coinsSPENDDDown 23: Timber tradeDEALDDown 24: Suppress government's initial reportBANG