The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 12th May 2022 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 12th May 2022. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Order solicitor to go and fightSHOOTOUTAAcross 9: Get to give a sermon, not quietlyREACHAAcross 10: Fair, say, I shall be heardISLEAAcross 11: Old craft may be long hiddenGOLDENHINDAAcross 12: See 22PIECESAAcross 14: See 22OFSILVERAAcross 16: Plan yet to be devised for England, not a happy one before 8PENALTYAAcross 18: Evacuate old island in the MediterraneanEXCRETEAAcross 21: They learn to start dangerous exercises in tricky performancesSTUDENTSAAcross 23: Preserved a paper dressCAFTANAAcross 24: Instrument carried in this larger one as a precautionVIOLINCASEAAcross 26: Top archbishop, extremely sexy when defrockedAPEXAAcross 27: Adjustment for Heathrow's terminal during take-offTWEAKAAcross 28: Yeats composed 'Plead for a Piece of Cake'EASYTASKDDown 1: What's coming up on the first of September in nouveau riche county?CHESHIREDDown 2: Get real lament chasing traveller in spaceCOMEDDown 3: Dogs for my soldiersCORGISDDown 4: Pole working to make dairy productSTILTONDDown 5: See 2TRUEDDown 6: Graduate musician with role reversal, so upset about windBACHELOROFDDown 7: Missing golf, whine and moanWHINGEDDown 13: Light rice pudding inspires composerCHANDELIERDDown 15: Church officer making love to woman, finallySEXDDown 17: See 15TONDDown 19: Cross party set up as extremists ignored linesTRAVERSEDDown 20: Humiliated by a bogus journalistASHAMEDDDown 22: Price of evil shyster? It may beTHIRTYDDown 23: 1 or 4 said to produce a smileCHEESEDDown 25: Heading north in seeking victory?NIKEDDown 26: See 6ARTS