The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 17th May 2019 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 17th May 2019. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Bar where XXXX's brewed Dutch settler drinksBOOZERAAcross 4: More than one bound to get drink in barMARGINSAAcross 9: Bar beginning to rock, joint almost back in moodTOBLERONEAAcross 10: Russian dish baked without filling, virtually inedible at firstBLINIAAcross 11: Useless exercise by pioneer oddly forgottenINEPTAAcross 12: Money returned by the way, covered by bill for meatBEEFSTEAKAAcross 13: Buttocks finally scratched by short Middle Eastern woman famous for modellingTUSSAUDAAcross 15: Flipping dull, echoing gongTAM-TAMAAcross 17: Hat figure put on head, turned aroundBONNETAAcross 19: Old annalist understood everyone hereTACITUSAAcross 22: In shelter, female with long fingernail given a wide berthLEFTALONEAAcross 24: Name a character in the centre of big Gulf stateDUBAIAAcross 26: Wine bar frequented by sweet Fanny AdamsSOAVEAAcross 27: Elastic band found in small barSCRUNCHIEAAcross 28: Supporter left in street, befuddledTRESTLEAAcross 29: Jolly casual punches in barGALAXYDDown 1: In bar, risk bottlesBETWIXTDDown 2: Game of cards seldom breaking banksOMBREDDown 3: Trouble looking worse ultimately, certainly with retinueEYESTRAINDDown 4: Old player, female in the field grabbed by supporterMAE WESTDDown 5: Something to solve on double-deckerREBUSDDown 6: Travelling, some fork taken in country, heading for townITINERANTDDown 7: Barry, it could be said, appears difficultSTICKYDDown 8: Bar supporting bridge venture?FORBIDDDown 14: Drifter on bar, overly sensitive typeSNOWFLAKEDDown 16: Staff party in a new part of GreeceMACEDONIADDown 18: Foot I test out, trapping two balls?TOOTSIEDDown 19: Tentative insight as to why crack is filled with two gasesTHEORYDDown 20: Queen Mary, say, getting bottom scrubbed, so coldSHIVERYDDown 21: Private sector's heart broken by wasteCLOSETDDown 23: Head off alien, green head off!AVERTDDown 25: State of Brazil's sheepish comment about greetingBAHIA