The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 28th May 2020 There are 14 across clues and 12 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 28th May 2020. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Society tries wrong random number generatorsSONGWRITERSAAcross 9: Empty white sign for flagsWEARIESAAcross 10: Don unknown old pretty clothesQUIXOTEAAcross 11: Relish one shot, a boundarySHORELINEAAcross 12: Animal got nourishment, taken in handsRATELAAcross 13: Nanny rating Times coversBABYAAcross 14: Stop talking twice before work's closeSHUTUPSHOPAAcross 16: Suffering from cold, maybe curator has shiversCATARRHOUSAAcross 19: Bar Council pens instruction for one on the fiddleARCOAAcross 20: One wearing ring turned a pale colourLILACAAcross 21: Briefly want right-wingers ruling stateWISCONSINAAcross 23: Mobile phone ring right for loserNOHOPERAAcross 24: Result where French book's taken aroundOUTCOMEAAcross 25: Politician with dull look Chinese prepare to fireMATTHANCOCKDDown 1: Lily's better half's home, getting friskySTAR-OF-BETHLEHEMDDown 2: Natural water flowing northNAIVEDDown 3: Liable to see red snake burrowing into pineWASPISHDDown 4: How explorers are engaged with legal procedureINQUESTDDown 5: Inscription I used between record and chartEPIGRAPHDDown 6: Jolt from spirits, Irish lagers and wineSHORTSHARPSHOCKDDown 7: Bold wife cutting girdle fasteningSWASHBUCKLINGDDown 8: The Guardian's going to fill top post, offering good facilitiesWELL-APPOINTEDDDown 15: Foolish Sally lifted up jumperCRACKPOTDDown 17: I see rising value in bookmaking family's homeHAWORTHDDown 18: Star with lowered head? A cape's in need of a trimUNSHORNDDown 22: Beat off a gathering of peopleOUTDO