The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 27th May 2019 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 27th May 2019. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Socrates's killer shows a hesitation to boltHEMLOCKAAcross 5: Manage venture for widowDOWAGERAAcross 10: Instant creditTICKAAcross 11: Teachers' recipe? It promises to be wholesome!NUTRITIOUSAAcross 12: Arouse and race the FrenchKINDLEAAcross 13: Scoundrel acquires a popular firm making clothingRAINCOATAAcross 14: Medication sorted out Gail's acneANALGESICAAcross 16: Regret drinking port with royal head of stateRULERAAcross 17: Little or no time to follow screeningSCANTAAcross 19: Rose's inelegant dispositionEGLANTINEAAcross 23: Persist in support for architectural featurePILASTERAAcross 24: Mate's attempt to be sorryPALTRYAAcross 26: Film director developed erotic clubBERTOLUCCIAAcross 27: Talk about item of clothingCHATAAcross 28: Soldiers to pursue struggle for survivalRAT RACEAAcross 29: Hide drug among the soapsudsLEATHERDDown 2: Rabble-rousing lacks its initial impressionEDITIONDDown 3: Enjoyed song about monarchLIKEDDDown 4: Admit new church is bound by regulationsCONCEDEDDown 6: Duck doctor in springORIGINDDown 7: Battle for a drink on playing areaAGINCOURTDDown 8: Bird slow to to imitateEMULATEDDown 9: Opening quietly paper of a kind that gives the bettingSTARTINGPRICEDDown 15: Ancestral building — a royal houseLANCASTERDDown 18: Fit in with artist’s wild fantasyCHIMERADDown 20: Warn parish priest getting into a liftAPPRISEDDown 21: Ran over judge? Tell us the story!NARRATEDDown 22: Character with inclination for one toiletry containing iodineITALICDDown 25: Permissible but to some extent duplicitousLICIT