The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 22nd May 2023 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 22nd May 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: One can lose a lot of wealth: a message for banker dividing capitalTHAMESAAcross 5: Pub round back of village shortly to be renovatedHOSTELRYAAcross 9: The way to encourage Nicola?STURGEONAAcross 10: Part of shirt about to severCUT OFFAAcross 10: Part of shirt about to severCUTOFFAAcross 11: Tentative old fairy at a sort of arithmetic?EXPERIMENTALAAcross 13: Vagrant has nothing to put on top of cookerHOBOAAcross 14: Wrongly agreed to be disparagingDEROGATEAAcross 17: The cheapest accommodation always in the theatrical professionSTEERAGEAAcross 18: Insubstantial type of penguin the first to goAIRYAAcross 20: Red-carded player is just getting startedOFFTHEGROUNDAAcross 23: After fight, finally notice abrasionSCRAPEAAcross 24: All I have to do is to replace dark woolWORK LOADAAcross 24: All I have to do is to replace dark woolWORKLOADAAcross 25: Second match perhaps less importantSLIGHTERAAcross 26: Comparison I show amusement aboutSIMILEDDown 2: Husband swallowed strong feelingsHATEDDown 3: A venerable communication system, that's the long and the short of itMORSE CODEDDown 4: High-level guide's phrase needs translatingSHERPADDown 5: Fight of the century?HUNDRED YEARS' WARDDown 6: Macabre, speaking to further treeSYCAMOREDDown 7: John, who's let off workingELTONDDown 8: Obstinate official gets player in lineREFRACTORYDDown 12: Final topic to be settled for the popePONTIFICALDDown 15: Winning all the competitions can be a very tricky affairGRAND SLAMDDown 16: Sir Roger's name is in the frameCASEMENTDDown 19: Arrogance: rub his outHUBRISDDown 21: Nasal tone of wife in DynastyTWANGDDown 22: Cut-price offer announced for boat tripSAIL