The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 14th July 2000 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 14th July 2000. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: In the martyred village a little boy (odd boy) used to wear it ...LIBERTYBODICEAAcross 10: ... with a shirt, perhaps, to be glossed overUNDERCOATAAcross 11: President, a change from BothaTHABOAAcross 12: Entered a mass with some valueINGOTAAcross 13: Man about town, or rather Georgian city, in a massacreBLOODBATHAAcross 14: Decoration to cover broken legSPANGLEAAcross 16: Unfairly denigrate south German regionsSLANDERAAcross 18: Instrument that's low even if fleetALTHORNAAcross 20: 50 in a bundle with keysASHLEAFAAcross 21: A record comes back in, coloured to prevent corrosionTINPLATEDAAcross 23: Temporary increase in acceleration among blue charactersBULGEAAcross 24: Avoids affectionate addressDUCKSAAcross 25: Spell-breaker's recipe: get gold in tax firstEXORCISERAAcross 26: Canines would be located on the Riviera by such crueltyHEARTLESSNESSDDown 2: Up in arms at taunt in pub at social workerINDIGNANTDDown 3: Bird that won't start to apologiseEGRETDDown 4: Time and money, that's what's wrongTROUBLEDDown 5: 7 on sand's keeping 7 in fripperiesBUTTONSDDown 6: Terminate - put a full stop - to poem on bad hatDOTODEATHDDown 7: Miss Butt and Miss Bow see century by batsmanCLARADDown 8: "Miss Buss and Miss Beale ________ " need a friend to stop cuddlesCUPIDSDARTSDODDown 9: Mrs Buck and Mrs Bailey make 22MOTHER-OF-PEARLDDown 15: A sportsman is a fool, keeping up old runGOODLOSERDDown 17: They are expected at length at scene of combatDUELLISTSDDown 19: See 8NOTFEELDDown 20: See 5ANDBOWSDDown 22: Pole (a measure of land) produced by molluscsNACREDDown 23: Degree for Tory writer and painterBACON