The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 27th May 2024 There are 14 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 27th May 2024. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Film company boss and satelliteSTUDIOAAcross 5: Controversial type of European filmPOLEMISTAAcross 9: Activist gets rougher when going back insideCRUSADERAAcross 10: Relative backing of measure that’s a reliefNEPHEWAAcross 11: Being corrupt, I twice try to conceal soldier’s malpracticeIRREGULARITYAAcross 13: Singer engaged in nepotismOTISAAcross 14: Top’s come off instrument? Then adaption needed for musical entertainmentIOLANTHEAAcross 17: Sly son, big and singleSTALLONEAAcross 18: Never managed to turn at end of runwayNARYAAcross 20: Mosaic construction showing satellites on moveTESSELLATIONAAcross 23: Traditionalist, one of a number on the board?SQUAREAAcross 24: Fiesta, in body terms holds 4CARNIVALAAcross 25: Abandon craft – it’s turning about!JETTISONAAcross 26: Boudicca-style accessory chest moved around yardSCYTHEDDown 2: Name after Salt LakeTARNDDown 3: Is second to wear wretched sackDISMISSALDDown 4: Dead city once covered by rock and dirtORDUREDDown 5: Fast-moving hunter’s power rifle range, once setPEREGRINE FALCONDDown 6: Daffodil advanced by actor James?LENT LILYDDown 7: Gloomy sort of cleaner, about to retireMOPERDDown 8: Top Labour and increasingly rattled Tory leaders keeping quietSWEATSHIRTDDown 12: Like David oddly equates US with Turkey’s capital?STATUESQUEDDown 15: Nothing’s achieved by being dominated by foreign dissentNONENTITYDDown 16: Unfeeling music genre? Not so muchSOULLESSDDown 19: Knight, despicable type, turned back riverTIGRISDDown 21: Hardly satisfying read, Times leaderSCANTDDown 22: Penniless poet’s stripLATH