The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 20th May 2019

There are 16 across clues and 12 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 20th May 2019. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Mother's request for silk
AAcross 5:	Wisdom in town with elderly tourists?
AAcross 9:	No BAME person would spin such a harmless story
AAcross 10:	Swears at area transport
AAcross 11:	Partner briefly I used to connect with
AAcross 12:	Thinking timid agent needs replacing
AAcross 13:	Still relaxing
AAcross 14:	Recipe ingredients x-rayed, suspiciously found across motorway
AAcross 16:	Break time at school?
AAcross 19:	Sort of house, nothing secret when in it
AAcross 21:	Shock as canal sides crumble
AAcross 23:	The first colour?
AAcross 24:	Attractive cave reached round river
AAcross 25:	Be a soldier without sleeves, do we hear?	BEARARMS
AAcross 26:	In rear limb, large scab
AAcross 27:	Judge's job is tedious
DDown 2:	Book Silent Night, for one	ACHRISTMASCAROL
DDown 3:	Step into A&E, Fred!
DDown 4:	Like Metro to travel a distance
DDown 5:	Extravagant poet?
DDown 6:	Enormous pair of soldiers
DDown 7:	Run through Cumbria, say — it's rural
DDown 8:	Book male unseen	THEINVISIBLEMAN
DDown 15:	Dessert created by small program with skill
DDown 17:	Enthusiast I dressed in flowing caftan
DDown 18:	Result of operation of prison sewer?
DDown 20:	Grab woman who's on the streets
DDown 22:	Some coral with a heavy price