The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 4th August 2000 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 4th August 2000. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Ugly mark on study of land between downsWEALDENAAcross 5: See 10OFWRATHAAcross 9: Divers' experience annoys informersNARKSAAcross 10: Were 25's purple with rage?THEGRAPESAAcross 11: 25's potentially safe to gardenEASTOFEDENAAcross 12: Star almost without animal feed?VEGAAAcross 14: Princess wrote poetry - more than one lineDIVERSIFIEDAAcross 18: Waves and wind disclose Eocene zebraOCEANBREEZEAAcross 21: Count before time? Not quiteEARLAAcross 22: Canvas supporting cylindrical object with fretsDISCONTENTAAcross 25: Writer with a mug of beer on streamSTEINBECKAAcross 26: Potential sounds very smallMIGHTAAcross 27: 25's is not 2, 16's had 6d: a hurdle for the cow?THEMOONAAcross 28: It's wrong to wax without pretenceSINCEREDDown 1: 25's of our 22 begins what Bosworth endedWINTERDDown 2: A sign the other wayACROSSDDown 3: Two long syllables, one short, in depression depressedDESPONDENTDDown 4: Fool touching some gunpowderNITREDDown 5: Just a bachelor's, which is nearly a frostONEDEGREEDDown 6: Message tense finishes go toWIREDDown 7: Quintessentially American orderAPPLE PIEDDown 8: Saves partnersHUSBANDSDDown 13: 25's alternatives, frequently bad plannersMICEANDMENDDown 15: British prince takes five, Golden Cat by nameVORTIGERNDDown 16: First name of writer audible far from 1 down groupSOMERSETDDown 17: Suspended sentence, with agent always holding one upREPRIEVEDDown 19: Dog second to birdBEAGLEDDown 20: Go to law about junk that could be marbleSTATUEDDown 23: Sold with 7, 16's went with aleCAKESDDown 24: Ruin a French partyUNDO