The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 5th May 2021 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 5th May 2021. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Article in Times left unfinished without a herb used in soupsBAY LEAFAAcross 5: One feeds three queensCATERERAAcross 10: It emerges from opening a 12, initiallyFOAMAAcross 11: Drink left over in group refreshed armyBLOODY MARYAAcross 12: Parent drinks a gin, disposing of one big bottleMAGNUMAAcross 13: Tin in hamper, second container of 25?DECANTERAAcross 14: Leader to lead with three articlesTOP BANANAAAcross 16: Pale Guardian covers bestseller with renewed energyWHITEAAcross 17: Carpet that is ancient, small and austereSCOLDAAcross 19: Fruit in soft drink that's oddly part of 9, maybe?CHIPOLATAAAcross 23: 29's wi-fi picked up bang outsideCRAYFISHAAcross 24: Cat grabs a radio's top sound producerLARYNXAAcross 26: PM devouring every island's dessertPEACH MELBAAAcross 27: Almost completed northern rangeOVENAAcross 28: From memory, boy's gutted, given red cardBY HEARTAAcross 29: Cook stepped around lobster for oneDECAPODDDown 2: A very old poster in firm's greenAVOCADODDown 3: Most of French paper's yellowLEMONDDown 4: Coach unable to accommodate male, 16ALBUMENDDown 6: Cite a fruit extract that's talked about by someADDUCEDDown 7: Colonist guzzling new prince's dairy productEMMENTHALDDown 8: Austere English composer's blocking filmEARNESTDDown 9: Battered dish? He loathed it on toastTOAD-IN-THE-HOLEDDown 15: Result of eating too much beef?BELLYACHEDDown 18: Transport about half of veal where it's sliced?CARVERYDDown 20: Staff regularly asleep? It's the drinkPALE ALEDDown 21: Cross to put outside old Islington pubTANGELODDown 22: Seethe a short way into seriesSIMMERDDown 25: A carpenter from the south put away nearly new wineRIOJA