The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 5th August 2003 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 5th August 2003. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Not 26's normal rateSTANDARDFAREAAcross 8: African city, converting oxygen to energy, turned Portuguese, sayIBERIANAAcross 9: Showing effects of a bumpy bus ride?BRUISEDAAcross 11: Garden implement takes type of beetle prisonerHOSTAGEAAcross 12: 4 within hearing? It's not importantTRIVIALAAcross 13: Bottle opener very cunningly concealedNERVEAAcross 14: Monica's in trouble and she won't get off lightlyINSOMNIACAAcross 16: Paralysis when model replaces learner in 8 provinceCATATONIAAAcross 19: Revolutionary holding up half a fishTROUTAAcross 21: First pilgrims to Bethlehem included sort of poetIMAGISTAAcross 23: Make use of the quality of diamonds - without diamondsHARNESSAAcross 24: Bent PC helps to discover haulSCHLEPPAAcross 25: People with something in common take notice of dykeTRIBADEAAcross 26: Euch! Is Auntie cooking fancy food?HAUTE CUISINEDDown 1: Poet and writer aboard the Queen ElizabethSPENSERDDown 2: Bird 20 to cause a stir?ANIMATEDDown 3: Died unknown, having eaten 10's weedDANDELIONDDown 4: Sailor catches another up in the capitalRABATDDown 5: Artistic movement's waveband receives gold 6sFAUVISMDDown 6: Composer-violinist's treatment captivates southern ItalyROSSINIDDown 7: Worker in the Treasury, formerly, has joints of 1 acrossFISH AND CHIPSDDown 10: Not 1 across (as in selected outlets)DELICATESSENDDown 15: Atheist, given parental guidance, provided 1 across in RomeSPAGHETTIDDown 17: Yearning to penetrate paintings put up by the airwayTRACHEADDown 18: Weapon used to get free basic accommodation outsideTRIDENTDDown 19: Line ends with note about lots of furTERMINIDDown 20: Had more than enough of being forthright about a drugOVERATEDDown 22: Subject to snap?TOPIC