The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Thursday, 2nd August 2007

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 2nd August 2007. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Founder shows pointless to wake up around cross, pointless
AAcross 5:	Meat for tea? Leave with none, say?
AAcross 9:	Leisure - and it's starting to be used for painting
AAcross 10:	Put into effect by ordinary blokes beheaded before time
AAcross 11:	Rise of the modern world includes study in scouting
AAcross 13:	Most of pouffe on the back
AAcross 14:	Opus 150 of composer: how much ice cream can he have?
AAcross 17:	Artists' warning of French twitcher's trophy?
AAcross 18:	Time for Protestant to use incense?
AAcross 21:	April wish - throw bone at dog with Lenin	OTOBEINENGLAND
AAcross 23:	Let it off between 10s at point that's no use at all	TOOLITTLE
AAcross 24:	Term of endearment sets back newspaper (American)
AAcross 25:	See 23	TOOLATE
AAcross 26:	Much of the above keeping still for baby
DDown 1:	See 15
DDown 2:	Untidy person to spoil company game in Donn Byrne's book	MESSERMARCOPOLO
DDown 3:	Run in a floppy sort of way to remove first page from sweet
DDown 4:	Pub in heaven, not for stout?
DDown 5:	Test place for Benaud, say, evokes free style compositions
DDown 6:	One way of expressing distaste
DDown 7:	Coloratura role for the moon
DDown 8:	Flint, he and she, may be actually there
DDown 12:	Control for the majority when deserter's about
DDown 15:	Reduces sail area: it's a keen fear causes this	TAKESINA
DDown 16:	Invite ten good turns for one nice little piece
DDown 19:	International spring is sick
DDown 20:	Wood-eating insect giving brilliant display
DDown 22:	Unbound from 1 down