The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 2nd May 2023 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 2nd May 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Rolling in it as the result of my agitationWELL-TO-DOAAcross 9: Police team taking top off chain guardWATCHAAcross 10: Mark wastes comebackSPOTAAcross 11: Provided inverted crannies designed for gnomes?FINANCIERSAAcross 12: Place associated with fever epidemicPLAGUEAAcross 14: Alight one more time on benchRESETTLEAAcross 16: Mouthy thing elected Conservative — is nothing right?INCISORAAcross 18: One tree in the French islandLAPALMAAAcross 21: Fancy decaff tea — not one that's pretentiousAFFECTEDAAcross 23: Fruit makes pop star extremely randyCHERRYAAcross 24: Intermission. It's not good for a serverBREAKPOINTAAcross 26: Mere game?POOLAAcross 27: Odious ultimately servile character, one lacking initiativeSHEEPAAcross 28: Tip when carrying table: middle of leg is joinedENLISTEDDDown 1: The one that ended in disaster was the first to leave the bandZEPPELINDDown 2: Spoil line inserted in software programBLOTDDown 3: Commodity box not popular with central GreeceCOFFEEDDown 4: Land matter disheartened revolutionaryCOUNTRYDDown 5: Small pasty-faced bulb developerSWANDDown 6: It provocatively reveals band drinks last of moonshineSTRIPTEASEDDown 7: Type of music sung in French or AlbanianCHORALDDown 13: It brings relief to a minor reptile that's swallowed abandoned wiperGRIPEWATERDDown 15: Large liquid expanse of hydrogen discharged from small African treeSEADDown 17: See 26OUTDDown 19: Presented a rear view across a river that's cut offMAROONEDDDown 20: Fan of Slough confined by a physician!ADMIRERDDown 22: New one, perhaps, needs backing of the othersFORESTDDown 23: Don't start deliberately to sink a marine creature!CUTTLEDDown 25: Police finally after father who released a bullPOPEDDown 26: Action on the pitch made public swoonPASS