The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 19th July 2000 There are 17 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 19th July 2000. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Had home team to wear a plain colour?RESIDEDAAcross 5: Accountant cautions partnershipCAHOOTSAAcross 9: What Kiev has to offer literally is marketingVENDINGAAcross 10: You mean two jurors are incompetent? That's with defence potentialTENABLEAAcross 11: Of little moment? Moment indeed!SMALL-TIMEAAcross 11: Of little moment? Moment indeed!SMALLTIMEAAcross 12: Show contrition, having run off with leggy birdEGRETAAcross 13: Small numbers from Dublin? They fit the brogue!TREESAAcross 15: Projectile's journey long - no beginning or end but a great distanceLIGHT-YEARAAcross 17: Vainglorious competitor uses drug - horse?POTHUNTERAAcross 19: Not an entire fowl?CAPONAAcross 22: Shoot as Gunners drop backRAPIDAAcross 23: Press on with the descent, sayWEIGH DOWNAAcross 25: Supplier of The Times daily? Wrong, almost daily!SUNDIALAAcross 26: What's a pitcher doing in this game?HURLINGAAcross 27: Learning notesLETTERSAAcross 28: Soften colour, say, by adding blueDIE DOWNDDown 1: Call again on Minister to come to the questionREVISITDDown 2: With waves all round, say, leaves Auntie's organisationSINUATEDDown 3: GP not fit for practiceDRILLDDown 4: Pet name taken from wild flowerDOG VIOLETDDown 5: Attractive girl that's following fashionCUTIEDDown 6: Revamped chain stores bottom of trade leagueHANSEATICDDown 7: Writer so close to the bone - gets it again about right?OSBORNEDDown 8: It may be worn when a wester's got upSWEATERDDown 14: Good smart pithy quoteSOUND BITEDDown 14: Good smart pithy quoteSOUNDBITEDDown 16: Dressed overall, wearing ensign, about to cast offGARNISHEDDDown 17: Troops look to retreat under umbrellaPARASOLDDown 18: Tuft of grass turned over, giving cover to birdTOPKNOTDDown 20: Peak shortly after taking professional qualificationPROVISODDown 21: Flat refusal to go on working - and it's multilateralNONAGONDDown 23: Spa townWELLSDDown 24: Fantastic Hera, foremost of Olympian goddessesHORAE