The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 12th July 2000 There are 17 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 12th July 2000. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Film box office, first to be installedCARTOONAAcross 5: Refuse to boast about having to grow oldGARBAGEAAcross 10: Perfect student dropped off, it's thought!IDEAAAcross 11: Rides here just run on shoreFAIR GROUNDAAcross 11: Rides here just run on shoreFAIRGROUNDAAcross 12: Man admits good books will be somehow stimulatingEROTICAAcross 13: Dealer caught by animal trainerCHANDLERAAcross 14: Charming listener coming in closeENDEARINGAAcross 16: Authority takes £2 for an excursionSALLYAAcross 17: Point to firm sailors showing derisionSCORNAAcross 19: Drunk I've fed, etc is not workingDEFECTIVEAAcross 23: Falls which can blur one's visionCATARACTAAcross 24: The "missing saint" story is just suppositionTHEORYAAcross 26: People could be seen to somewhere in KentFOLKESTONEAAcross 27: Piano is left in back, an oversightSLIPAAcross 28: Cautious pair, you said, tend to go madPRUDENTAAcross 29: Trainee to dust round hospital departmentSTUDENTDDown 2: Soon to grab free-standing firedogANDIRONDDown 3: Characteristic cunning overturned itTRAITDDown 4: Policemen in charge in advanceOFFICERDDown 6: New Age Ena reaches an arm of the MediterraneanAEGEANDDown 7: Radio cab travelling around one thoroughfare and anotherBROADCASTDDown 8: Well-bred fellow, a sometimes shocking swimmerGENTEELDDown 9: Innocent disco dancing leads to separationDISCONNECTIONDDown 15: Are badly stained, but set aside for future useEARMARKEDDDown 18: Uproar first caused by Latin love affairCLAMOURDDown 20: Beg soldiers to go into a tent when changingENTREATDDown 21: Type is accepted by no vicar standingVERSIONDDown 22: Half of parish wants a young male priest!PARSONDDown 25: After getting rid of cold, stopped and relaxedEASED