The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 31st July 2003 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 31st July 2003. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Don't utter the golden number - add some butterSHORTENAAcross 5: Guides and indicts engineersDIRECTSAAcross 9: Chief ways to be at home in Belgian cityMAINLINESAAcross 10: Trunk growing from rootsTORSOAAcross 11: Game of water polo?POOLAAcross 12: Sailor accepting return of singular sort of word fed on 1 acrossABBREVIATEAAcross 14: 1 across topped otherwise by waspHORNETAAcross 15: Pip's girl - is she from across the water?ESTELLEAAcross 16: 8 (say) is hot, conforming abjectlySLAVISHAAcross 18: 14's other seatTHRONEAAcross 20: Footsore cattle?CORNED BEEFAAcross 21: In the course of finishing a wonderful buildingAMIDAAcross 24: Stay for a time in the bathroomBIDETAAcross 25: A largely 1 across age - 24 hours, alas!ALACKADAYAAcross 26: The Dormouse's well contentTREACLEAAcross 27: Communist holds Fascist leader 1across-edREDUCEDDDown 1: A little music for 17?SUM-UPDDown 2: Flower, gold one, at Number Two brieflyORINOCODDown 3: Money for ringTOLLDDown 4: Note about a certain bum (male) madly uttered corrupt verse on faith 7-ed in Esther - blondes for heroes?NONEBUTTHEBRAVEDDown 5: See 4DESERVESTHEFAIRDDown 6: People who applaud nonsense can be useful in the gardenROTOVATORSDDown 7: 1 across, the wagger and the waggedCURTAILDDown 8: Semi-slow cooker for East EuropeanSLOVENEDDown 13: Medicine for St Giles's day - caper aboutANTISEPTICDDown 16: Get rid of qualification formerly in the windSACKBUTDDown 17: A game 1 acrossABRIDGEDDown 19: Not still angry? Toss coin about itNOMADICDDown 22: Spirit publicising the danger of spirits?DRYADDDown 23: Second child out of control?SKID