The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 20th May 2022

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 20th May 2022. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 8:	Bird caught in hail, heading for empty space
AAcross 9:	Batter in feast containing half of lemon?
AAcross 10:	Wave altered and hit bluff
AAcross 11:	Monk would have sat here quietly, Trappists ultimately needing vice, say?
AAcross 12:	A wife in addition for knight
AAcross 14:	See 21	THENIGHT
AAcross 15:	Lost nursing home initially remains here?
AAcross 17:	Scottish town briefly captured by poor country
AAcross 20:	Guide for watch started admin when distracted
AAcross 22:	See 10
AAcross 23:	Cocktail: good drink quaffed by sweet Fanny Adams?
AAcross 24:	See 4
AAcross 25:	Old dressing on, certainly!
AAcross 26:	Old player in cricket team backed by leader of Conservatives — would one often open for Churchill?
DDown 1:	Worker gets peasant etc beaten up — not much of a fight
DDown 2:	See 20
DDown 3:	See 21	BUMPIN
DDown 4:	Spotted punishment?
DDown 5:	Very English trebles, song surprisingly Italian
DDown 6:	Red robin, for example, flew off earlier
DDown 7:	Block of rubbish under potassium and iodine
DDown 13:	See 1	ATTENPACES
DDown 16:	Reportedly, girl tricked a reptile
DDown 18:	Prepare to sail vessel, cape appearing in hour at sea	UPANCHOR
DDown 19:	Propose a trip round capital of Vietnam
DDown 21:	Heads banging on low bedroom ceilings? Those are frightful!
DDown 22:	See 21	THATGO
DDown 24:	Church leader on starship