The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 14th July 2004 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 14th July 2004. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Bird wants hot loveFLAMINGOAAcross 9: Football side, not cricket side, to turn inside outEVERTAAcross 10: Bird to show offCROWAAcross 11: Bird painter circling round passPRATINCOLEAAcross 12: Bird throws duck from transportSCOTERAAcross 14: Bird painter after endless capitalCARACARAAAcross 15: Sweet talk left during argumentBLARNEYAAcross 17: Bird wing's half breaking nutPELICANAAcross 20: A coal tit changing gearTAIL COATAAcross 20: A coal tit changing gearTAILCOATAAcross 22: Bird publication on foodMAGPIEAAcross 23: Bird in bar holding a nose?ROAD RUNNERAAcross 23: Bird in bar holding a nose?ROADRUNNERAAcross 24: Bird disheartens artistLORYAAcross 25: Bird, headless chickenRAVENAAcross 26: Birds' sexual partners here, a sacred sign?APIARIESDDown 1: Office open without a single stateCLERICALDDown 2: Bird, small birdSMEWDDown 3: Bird with ringleader, gunmanSNIPERDDown 4: Ruler describing date of springtime event?MONARCHDDown 5: Exercise like dance detailed in backgroundPEDIGREEDDown 6: Bird-like swaggering finds a business in bird-like orderPEACOCKINGDDown 7: More hackneyed passage from "The Winter's Tale" relatedSTALERDDown 13: Bird rushed 'eadlong into rigged voteTURTLEDOVEDDown 16: Persuasive quote line I missed by mistakeELOQUENTDDown 18: Birds here with a small figure wearing shiftsAVIARIESDDown 19: Mark up boy, schoolboyETONIANDDown 21: A council carried in the mainABOARDDDown 22: Bird to stain vesselMARTINDDown 24: Bird in rompLARK