The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Wednesday, 3rd August 2005

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 3rd August 2005. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 8:	Barbarian, keeping love at arm's length, damn you!	GOTOHELL
AAcross 9:	See 12
AAcross 10:	Crosby heard to have been "killed to encourage the others"	BYNG
AAcross 11:	Writer in Old English to traumatise barbarian
AAcross 12:	Writer, well-born one, in a bad way
AAcross 14:	Beast to check what sounds expensive
AAcross 15:	Close in time and close in space - drink round
AAcross 17:	Say "G-Greek island" and you start to keep food warm	EGGCOSY
AAcross 20:	Words translated without charge, too much to reverse
AAcross 22:	Practice of religion is somewhat difficult usually
AAcross 23:	Containers of liquid hopefully sound
AAcross 24:	I'm a fool to take drugs
AAcross 25:	Caper ... by a whirlpool for starters
AAcross 26:	Parasitic policy, sabotaging mines without a shot
DDown 1:	Victor's accepting calls to show your route - mind it	HOWYOUGO
DDown 2:	Summer time, maybe June, with Roy: 12 9's in 15
DDown 3:	Turn into suit
DDown 4:	Vote for artistic body
DDown 5:	12 9's 3s 4: the Guardian's name's in China
DDown 6:	Publication by company - Iliad in translation
DDown 7:	Hammer drawn by 14
DDown 13:	Movement of people is good in Muslim country, almost the first continuing
DDown 16:	Woman on strike has to, so far
DDown 18:	A crab is briefly the Guardian's pet
DDown 19:	See 2
DDown 21:	The 12 9 cinema version, most of 3, with the end missing
DDown 22:
DDown 24:	See 2