The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Wednesday, 7th August 2013

There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 7th August 2013. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Poor relationship that could be almost cowardly
AAcross 5:	Help paper to bed in formal cover
AAcross 9:	Shell has vehicle going swiftly
AAcross 10:	Note a father with time for what's on TV
AAcross 11:	Chic lost as turning to bluestocking?
AAcross 12:	Area of land would have added value in West London
AAcross 14:	Important character — it's heavy (in gravity, not so)
AAcross 18:	Shriek about owning toiletry
AAcross 21:	How Israelis used to measure a messy heap?
AAcross 22:	Observe band keeping time?
AAcross 25:	Model glad to work for a symbol of achievement
AAcross 26:	Priest not soft on crime
AAcross 27:	Gin's in season at early evening
AAcross 28:	English reader, occasionally getting a choice
DDown 1:	Base with firm bottom
DDown 2:	Dislike of bad language in the French
DDown 3:	Conveyance preparatory to interment	WHEELIEBIN
DDown 4:	Wars of heaving sores
DDown 5:	Shopkeeper burst into tears
DDown 6:	Rise makes young man about turn
DDown 7:	Preparation of horse for time under cover
DDown 8:	Go without a garment in parody
DDown 13:	Mrs Mop works after hours without conviction
DDown 15:	It's easy to call in doctor with a stroke
DDown 16:	Devotion with no right to be allied to autism
DDown 17:	Composer takes part backing single
DDown 19:	Like a time bomb, something given without prior notice
DDown 20:	One begins a test with need for bottle
DDown 23:	Deliver state victory
DDown 24:	Vocative fellows get a warning