The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 14th May 2020 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 14th May 2020. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: A threesome firmly quashed — loser, big time!SLIMMERAAcross 5: Particular recollection of cool drinks coming roundSPECIALAAcross 9: Woman around hotel bar's oneRHODAAAcross 10: It's very small at first, doctorANATOMISTAAcross 11: Traveller in the main story sounding keen to tour IndiaPILOT WHALEAAcross 12: Thousands spent by top clubs?SUITAAcross 14: Mean to temper disc of steelCLOSEFISTEDAAcross 18: Fashion worth wearing in the eventHAMMER THROWAAcross 21: Rector's away on retreatROUTAAcross 22: Some games of short tennis arranged and unlikely to be changedSET IN STONEAAcross 25: Did suffer going round in that new red numberUNDERWENTAAcross 26: Swore what Emirates official did's not rightEFFEDAAcross 27: Secretly maintain hotel's leafy areaHARBOURAAcross 28: Old writer involved in problem over collected worksOMNIBUSDDown 1: Fix fight closer to timeSCRAPEDDown 2: One's smart about working — I wish it were trueIFONLYDDown 3: Cattle Mike flogged for financial securityMEAL TICKETDDown 4: Get to be moralistic when out of powerREACHDDown 5: Local issue that's not seriousSMALL BEERDDown 6: Point out emperor's a godEROSDDown 7: Vice beginning to increase in New York — I'm going!INIQUITYDDown 8: Occasionally subdued after making love below lecturer's roomLATITUDEDDown 13: Vague about taking sweetheart back, with wife in such a stateMIDWESTERNDDown 15: See 1 acrossOFTHEYEARDDown 16: Love to impale non-stop, being conscientiousTHOROUGHDDown 17: Sure old rogue's carrying money to look sexy!SMOULDERDDown 19: Discussion about female in HackneyCONFABDDown 20: For one promoted, Horace's work rocksGEODESDDown 23: Start, not finish, at site of siegeINTRODDown 24: Beer's always off — port or spirit?BRIO