The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 16th May 2023

There are 15 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 16th May 2023. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 8:	Fish the deep bay?
AAcross 8:	Fish the deep bay?
AAcross 9:	Stop measure by lawyers
AAcross 10:	See 5
AAcross 11:	Unity's lost diary in tatters outside institute
AAcross 12:	Old compact Danish city	ODENSE
AAcross 14:	Material about eastern Mediterranean area
AAcross 16:	Famous silent film character left before last of the crush
AAcross 18:	Labour on retrospective cover-up
AAcross 21:	Beautify, being fairly excited
AAcross 23:	Intertwine branches of fruit around line
AAcross 24:	One who endures sees signs of ageing	LIVERSPOTS
AAcross 26:	Little dear for an essayist?
AAcross 27:	Take by force? Nice!
AAcross 28:	Water runs through this county estate with ultimately little resistance
DDown 1:	One who progresses the motion of drones circling London's financial centre
DDown 2:	Don't embrace husband when star's around
DDown 3:	Swears to move main residents
DDown 4:	Disapprove of Democrat research to do away with vote
DDown 5:	Censored dodgy assets for the generation of future profit
DDown 6:	Precis of two books about dissecting fly
DDown 7:	Surrealist Brontë novel
DDown 13:	Variation on a Haydn theme: Hearts Neglected to Set a Match Date	NAMETHEDAY
DDown 15:	See 17
DDown 17:	Top song base
DDown 19:	Eastern US state linked to brown hamper
DDown 20:	Mark's parcel accepted by school
DDown 22:	Forced into bankruptcy, one breaks under review
DDown 23:	Cheapest leather covers grinding tool
DDown 25:	Was an MP with ecstasy supply too much?
DDown 26:	Cat joints can be heard