The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 19th May 2023

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 19th May 2023. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Singer's Round 1 elimination — that's a surprise	BYGEORGE
AAcross 5:	King fighting heartfelt rage over Duke?
AAcross 9:	Hit useless horse
AAcross 10:	Massage oil in bed — don't get so excited!
AAcross 11:	Flat's unfashionable, I agree
AAcross 12:	Regrets I may harbour over man
AAcross 14:	Shared love admitted by veiled lady — it isn't proper!
AAcross 18:	Lab assistant?
AAcross 22:	Though not large, pleased to be given something handy
AAcross 23:	Describing time travelling options, here's Hawking
AAcross 24:	Presumably she wouldn't have voted for Brexit	EUNICE
AAcross 25:	Initially Guardian setter's brilliant (or inferior?)
AAcross 26:	Force under pressure males on drugs to stop dangerous races	THEMET
AAcross 27:	Had constitutional crisis finally — rang to get Queen involved
DDown 1:	Hairy creature's sign of displeasure in bar
DDown 2:	Scandalous conclusion — Vlad getting thrown in cell!
DDown 3:	Money transfer rejected in beginning
DDown 4:	Crack down hard over personnel to survive
DDown 6:	These could be Asian lot	LAOTIANS
DDown 7:	Telling disclosure — not against English
DDown 8:	Topple the high flyer outside
DDown 13:	Eastern doctor working at sharp end displays a fuller figure
DDown 15:	See 5	THEGREAT
DDown 16:	At first, dirty old man's uplifted during rarely clean entertainment	LAPDANCE
DDown 17:	He's a fount of knowledge? Group of ladies crease up
DDown 19:	Plaster over gashes used up, Charlie gathered
DDown 20:	Extra posh bloke? Quite
DDown 21:	Wound in side originally not dressed