The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 31st May 2022 There are 14 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 31st May 2022. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Second mate welcoming Republican like BushSHRUBBYAAcross 5: Place Franco-German articles in sackPLUNDERAAcross 9: One's rehabilitated a defector to Labour?EXCONAAcross 10: Stock cut, investing currency from the eastHACKNEYEDAAcross 11: A rejected work proposition includes nothing for great modelAPOTHEOSISAAcross 12: Setter was in the van, needing return fare from hereDELIAAcross 14: How to make techie get conversation goingBREAKTHEICEAAcross 18: Murmur about a strange blemish or rashHARUM-SCARUMAAcross 21: Like that hotel round Westminster areaSOHOAAcross 22: Extra time to follow chaps who do yoga?SUPPLEMENTAAcross 25: Made free carpet kept in coverLIBERATEDAAcross 26: Knocked back one's ginger drinkPEPSIAAcross 27: Venomous sort of chatterbox losing faceRATTLERAAcross 28: Rare element of maturity adult leaves outYTTRIUMDDown 1: Yo-yo with ace spots turned upSEESAWDDown 2: Spoil losing weight, getting evenly round figureRECKONDDown 3: Theban plays fail to make peaceful appealBANTHEBOMBDDown 4: Somewhat rowdy, a hoodlum?YAHOODDown 4: Somewhat rowdy, a hoodlum?YAHOO!DDown 5: Small amount of cash turned up (100 pounds) outside dinerPICNICKERDDown 6: Cricket scores you heard upped for Ashes holdersURNSDDown 7: Wilde, say, could be a poetDAYLEWISDDown 8: River weeds in new ports, perhapsREDWINESDDown 13: Extremely coquettish kind of yellow jumper turned up where one goes at nightCHAMBERPOTDDown 15: Rendezvous in French barENCOUNTERDDown 16: American who drew game, with both sides full of energyWHISTLERDDown 17: Whizz over finale of Bach, needing one piece for barPROHIBITDDown 19: Parnassian location's key character thereDELPHIDDown 20: University in Irish district wanting new hallATRIUMDDown 23: What you get from sweet food and extremes of gluttony?PUDGYDDown 24: Exam not fine for a learnerORAL