The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 21st May 2021 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 21st May 2021. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Drawer once containing office PC?JOHN CONSTABLEAAcross 10: Removing contents of new Audi with long nameUNLOADINGAAcross 11: Reddish-brown start to autumn, in two different waysSEPIAAAcross 12: Last to use vehicle's a WelshmanEVANSAAcross 13: Get gripes regularly: content's missing from supermarket with most small branchesTWIGGIESTAAcross 14: Type of spirit, sort served alongside wineKINDREDAAcross 16: All but first of fires put out leading to charge, if put out againREISSUEAAcross 18: Longing for women, if lust unbridledWISTFULAAcross 20: Finery of sporting gear worn by boxerREGALIAAAcross 21: Bloomers in game against Premier League sideLARKSPURSAAcross 23: Two characters going after 1 (not Turner) in shopRATONAAcross 24: Bottled water that's still the first drunk by 12 mostlyEVIANAAcross 25: With eight sides in National League heading for administration, first month has pastOCTAGONALAAcross 26: Cyclist of note about to sell his pantsMARKCAVENDISHDDown 2: What 1 used get mixed in a pot still, periodicallyOILPAINTSDDown 3: Approaches Arsenal about wanting a midfielderNEARSDDown 4: Didn't include synonym for 'hand' in dictionaryOMITTEDDDown 5: Horse, one sporting queer ears more inclined to droopSAGGIERDDown 6: Carrying out transfer of a second new player?ASSIGNINGDDown 7: Left part of church in declineLAPSEDDown 8: Heroic twin brother of princess tormenting us with We Three Kings! Really?LUKESKYWALKERDDown 9: Poet that's written book on composerMATTHEW ARNOLDDDown 15: Rubbish prison, said dissenting voiceREFUSENIKDDown 17: Pils drunk by nurses? Shock horror, for someSPLITENDSDDown 19: One searching smallest room, say, for complaint in the ObserverLEUCOMADDown 20: Prize crossword compiler needing oxygen intake after cyclingROSETTEDDown 22: Educated girl eating a yoghurt-based side dishRAITADDown 23: Stiff, cold and unfeeling? Not at firstRIGID