The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 12th May 2021 There are 16 across clues and 12 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 12th May 2021. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Jump onto coach after morning with husbandAMBUSHAAcross 5: 'Lost', say — a cult TV seriesCASUALTYAAcross 9: Ambitious poisoner managed to inject itASPIRANTAAcross 10: Secondary selection of vehicles servicedLESSERAAcross 11: A few players romp back to the startTRIOAAcross 12: Awfully primitive nurses roughly following Florence's leadFEARSOMELYAAcross 13: Compound very like another is more unstableISOMERAAcross 14: Escort to dungeon, perhaps, for final confrontationSHOWDOWNAAcross 16: Dumpier person in illicit occupationSQUATTERAAcross 19: Hamlet's last run in southern resort progressed wellTHROVEAAcross 21: Leader staging demonstration on the coast?KINGCANUTEAAcross 23: Inspiration needed as European problem returnsMUSEAAcross 24: In moody period, king prowls aroundSKULKSAAcross 25: 'Go over' means drivers can't stop hereCLEARWAYAAcross 26: I proclaimed borders of country a beautiful sightEYE CANDYAAcross 27: Lower demand to hold sports training in recessionDEEPENDDown 2: Woman being kept alive disheartened lofty Windsor residentMISTRESSQUICKLYDDown 3: Regular place to study protocolUNIFORMDDown 4: Two leaders meeting hastilyHEADFIRSTDDown 5: Wench first to spurn sailor's armCUTLASSDDown 6: Preserves workers on boardSALTSDDown 7: Bore took itASSUMEDDDown 8: English dons that love Wilde's fanciful novel of Victorian lifeTHEOLDWIVESTALEDDown 15: New parts where Riviera is improvingONTHEMENDDDown 17: Virtuous person funding play since regulars dropped outANGELICDDown 18: Lusty Romeo set off, losing head close to balconyRAUNCHYDDown 20: Shame troops seizing southern capital in rebellionREMORSEDDown 22: Artist depicted backward native, causing offenceARSON