The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 1st August 2000 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 1st August 2000. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Despite the title, "Falling Leaves" is still a popular songEVERGREENAAcross 10: Vale in ProvenceADIEUAAcross 11: Recluse using Early English timerEREMITEAAcross 12: Stir with black parsley, sayPOTHERBAAcross 13: Exploits followed by RomansACTSAAcross 14: Author who wrote pricy compositionCOPYWRITERAAcross 15: Crazy party or showPORTRAYAAcross 17: A neat thief, but a noisy oneRUSTLERAAcross 19: Looking for hospital accommodation laterAFTERWARDSAAcross 22: Shock! Heads of State take up nationalisationSTUNAAcross 23: Trade vehiclesTRAFFICAAcross 24: Find a hunter at seaUNEARTHAAcross 26: Reason one lost at OxfordCAUSEAAcross 27: Carmen, say, galvanised into actionOPERATIONDDown 1: Where Gordon went for common operation?GENERALPRACTICEDDown 2: Maverick red steer's a runawayDESERTERDDown 3: Nasty sounding mongrel in the citrus groveUGLIDDown 4: Show one mercy somehowCEREMONYDDown 5: Fashionable and exotic p-pansySNAPPYDDown 6: US state with rolling russet meadowsPASTURESDDown 7: Express trainDIRECTDDown 8: 999, say - grinding job for a PCNUMBER CRUNCHINGDDown 16: Thin crackers are friedRAREFIEDDDown 17: Gunners issued malfunctioning armsRADIUSESDDown 18: I cut girl out of church ritualLITURGICDDown 20: Where a storm leaves copper positive?TEACUPDDown 21: Moor in Venetian chorusANCHORDDown 25: Style of the Spanish and Anglo-NormanELAN