The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 4th May 2022

There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 4th May 2022. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	One hat on husband following church party
AAcross 5:	Distinguished women collecting silver they're awarded
AAcross 10:	Bridge partners at table drinking pop
AAcross 11:	Gushing tap at basin for adult inducted in water ceremony?
AAcross 12:	Breath-sweetener is something nutty, we hear
AAcross 13:	Finally some money secures protective gear — so workers are properly this?
AAcross 14:	Chief leader writer, fiery beast
AAcross 16:	Hard barriers, old and new, within seats
AAcross 17:	See 16
AAcross 19:	Cook offering horse? Not English, bad!
AAcross 23:	Unfinished book in which lad engages with computers etc	SANDITON
AAcross 24:	Sort of deficiency that brings back bitterness in European Union
AAcross 26:	Language of terrible boaster carrying zero credit
AAcross 27:	Instrument, one featured in short book
AAcross 28:	Decline right away, leading to death
AAcross 29:	Savage very dry? Just a bit
DDown 2:	English politician on way to board at Heathrow?
DDown 3:	Maybe one's time to break for this
DDown 4:	A bad, cruel criminal — be off, wicked nobleman!
DDown 6:	Catch a cold in a public vehicle — you can count on it!
DDown 7:	Macedonian general suffering from Oedipus complex?	ANTIPATER
DDown 8:	Worker in 16, genius at home becoming quiet
DDown 9:	Appear in birthday suit and risk boredom?	HAVENOTHINGON
DDown 15:	What could make adult shortly be led astray? Being this?
DDown 18:	A learner falling short — the first person to go under in this world?
DDown 20:	News agency man needing extra time to speak again
DDown 21:	The French fools — they're cut off and wet
DDown 22:	Shoddy stuff aboard ship piles up
DDown 25:	Voltaire exuding anger could become a sort of green