The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 18th July 2000 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 18th July 2000. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: A foreign correspondentPEN-FRIENDAAcross 6: Five notes joined togetherADDEDAAcross 9: Six Scots talking about an old languageSAXONAAcross 10: Show respect for man nursing dreadful clue about FranceGENUFLECTAAcross 11: Silly talk of she-elephant having a nasty smellMUMBO JUMBOAAcross 12: Miss newfangled fadsISMSAAcross 14: A step in kinky underwearPANTIESAAcross 15: Get tax back and earn, we hear, a holiday place in GreeceTAVERNAAAcross 17: Backed-up river's got nothing and produces yellow oilLINSEEDAAcross 19: Fighting caused by drink at universityPUNCH-UPAAcross 20: Bound, they say, to ebb and flowTIDEAAcross 22: Perform on flat surface and perform in the opposite directionCOUNTERACTAAcross 25: Two girls meet an optimistPOLLYANNAAAcross 26: Tie poles into small diagramINSETAAcross 27: Raise a kind of flyCRANEAAcross 28: Three-legged competitionTRIATHLONDDown 1: Fleece father's housemasterPASHMDDown 2: Padded but not in the middleNEXTMANINDDown 3: Cheapskate first organised party machine to produce results with no patternRANDOMISERDDown 4: For example, force copper coppers into small holdersEGGCUPSDDown 5: Data, mostly taking in Great Britain, concerning unnamed missileDINGBATDDown 6: A-class grassALFADDown 7: Very important show trialDRESSDDown 8: Make a timely impressionDATE STAMPDDown 13: Zealous advocate may otherwise avenge recordEVANGELISTDDown 14: Polytechnic type almost in charge of many subdivisionsPOLYTYPICDDown 16: See 7REHEARSALDDown 18: Portend new equipment for catching fishDROPNETDDown 19: Joke I made about "Punch" in another languagePUNJABIDDown 21: A bunch of flowersDELTADDown 23: God beat around itTITANDDown 24: Auntie's own protection against flooding?DYKE