The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 11th May 2023 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 11th May 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Rule I'm breaking in antisocial partying, getting bannedCRIMINALISATIONAAcross 9: Right bores lived temporarily with little spaceCRAMPEDAAcross 10: Fought, gently scratched and grazedSCRAPEDAAcross 11: Seedy Dickens character?PIPAAcross 12: Good straightforward puzzle, which is entry levelGROUND-FLOORAAcross 13: Playing techno, that man has a piano for a songONTHECHEAPAAcross 15: Dope or whizz getting poor gradeWEEDAAcross 18: Frenchman is the second person on the radioYVESAAcross 20: American welcomes banking employees providing bondsAGREEMENTSAAcross 23: Solve the first clue — about time! — and explain the idea properlyGETITACROSSAAcross 25: What setter says, not loudly, in courtWOOAAcross 26: African vegetarian has toast and a bagel gets eatenGORILLAAAcross 27: Toiletry of, say, Louis XIV in freezing showerHAIR OILAAcross 28: Dubious Scotsmen's lore about thing periodically seen?LOCH NESS MONSTERDDown 1: Business concealed by accountant — fraudulent racketCACOPHONYDDown 2: Struggling son tucks into yoghurt found here?INASPOTDDown 3: Questioned introduction from Homer's neighbour, clutching dogIMPUGNEDDDown 4: Sound of car by roundabout?AUDIODDown 5: Foolish US politicians may be here, taking in societyINSENSATEDDown 6: Off course in Dalmatia's borders, around SplitADRIFTDDown 7: Puck and Tramp — perfect!IMPROVEDDown 8: Bottom pinched by flipping horrid antifeministNADIRDDown 14: Drugged out students getting UHIGH-CLASSDDown 16: Vandal, one revealing plot following detective's caseDESPOILERDDown 17: Dropping ball in front of goalOMISSIONDDown 19: Individual admitted to centre for treatment of the gutsENTERICDDown 21: Left behind old overcrowded city, northerly Welsh cityNEWPORTDDown 22: Hot sweet bread left outSTOLENDDown 23: Repeatedly try Latin or Russian writerGOGOLDDown 24: Ancient characters blunder when defending luvvieOGHAM