The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 4th July 2000 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 4th July 2000. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: WWII fighter pilot, holding king captive, used to make cakesBAKING POWDERAAcross 8: Master of "Titanic" in charge of bird turning tailICEBERGAAcross 9: I'm continent in the morning; so I care to moveAMERICAAAcross 11: Like baby needing holiday permit?TRIPLETAAcross 12: Wiggle toes in hat: an awkward positionHOT SEATAAcross 13: In novel, Gingerbread Man who collected marbles?ELGINAAcross 14: Carpet tool rests against stone held by minerAXMINSTERAAcross 16: Restyled red velour rejectedOVERRULEDAAcross 19: Mexican snack for doctor outside a churchNACHOAAcross 21: Try to shield English MP in violent stormTEMPESTAAcross 23: Coward takes in catch coming back in the MedLEBANONAAcross 24: Nobleman that is right to appear more quicklyEARLIERAAcross 25: Fatty Labour girl goes back to modelADIPOSEAAcross 26: Fickle lover having courage to waveHEARTBREAKERDDown 1: Concocting half a breast and a wingBREWINGDDown 2: Milk and one of two equal parts of rennet churned up in Russian citadelKREMLINDDown 3: It's dusk and a man is heard to dropNIGHTFALLDDown 4: Attractive young woman to turn informerPEACHDDown 5: Wholemeal: how soon about to swallow?WHEATENDDown 6: What's notable is mine preserved in elastic netEMINENTDDown 7: Winner has the courage to drink heavilyHIT THE BOTTLEDDown 10: Light meal, in style of almost nobody, to eat outAFTERNOON TEADDown 15: Doctor of Divinity divides up profit in riper yearsMIDDLE AGEDDown 17: Centre of well re-made meter is woodenELM TREEDDown 18: Not starting to be greedier, so thinnerREEDIERDDown 19: Bin overturned with small amount found in clubNIBLICKDDown 20: Honesty demands unfinished candy belonging to usCANDOURDDown 22: This pound comes from the bottomless mugTHROB