The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 21st May 2020 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 21st May 2020. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: Popularly priced and in vogue — load upGOODVALUEAAcross 8: One closes loop — how synergy begins, where people take the plungeLIDOSAAcross 9: Arms for long distance backed by nonsense talkFORELIMBSAAcross 10: Push the envelope of danger: Boatman's followingDRIVEAAcross 12: Witness reported beggar, uncovered disposing of a spiky urchinSEAEGGAAcross 13: Out of repair, rig a technical means to supply waterIRRIGATEAAcross 14: Paradigm shift in poem: it has terminal consonanceEPITOMEAAcross 17: Run away from (rudely snub) Harlem ShuffleSHAMBLEAAcross 20: One gets beneath the surface of cannabis, uncovering diseasePOTHOLERAAcross 22: Following scrap, you say your leader is fit for heavy lifting?MIGHTYAAcross 24: Buzzword for one thing that bosses and workers all areHUMANAAcross 25: Added volume in disrupted arterial transport modeAIR TRAVELAAcross 26: Cut hard at the end of the dayHEWEDAAcross 27: Check places for funds againREINVESTSDDown 1: Pet with clothing, belly out, is comicalJOCOSEDDown 2: DA then re-engineered fanADHERENTDDown 3: Boatman's upper crust, bleeding edge, going forwardRATINGDDown 4: In your mouth, it's tender fruitless sweet spotGUMBOILDDown 5: Perhaps Betty Moon? Heads up for plant needed to get wellOIL RIGDDown 5: Perhaps Betty Moon? Heads up for plant needed to get wellOILRIGDDown 6: Dead unimportantNOTVITALDDown 11: Sly to reach out pointlesslyARCHDDown 15: Not a ham, as ham might be supplied for immoral actsPROCUREDDDown 16: My agile, lean thoughtful leadership could be moonshineMALTDDown 18: For big business leaders, change management's losing menMAGNATESDDown 19: Terrain reimagined for coachTRAINERDDown 21: Core competency raised — leader embraces it, excitedHEATEDDDown 22: Insubordination in Spain's greatly outside the boxMUTINYDDown 23: Compact lunch, say, consumed by judgeTREATY