The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 2nd August 2004 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 2nd August 2004. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Name for a pet (female) in the OrientCATHERINEAAcross 6: School head requiring high hedgeSTALLAAcross 9: Married - a trap for an artistMANETAAcross 10: Quiet about decent characters setting an examplePRECEDENTAAcross 11: This should keep one in comfort to some degreeTHERMOSTATAAcross 12: To create a disturbance could mean jail!STIRAAcross 14: This country dweller, let loose, is apt to snapBRITTLEAAcross 15: Reduction in capital growthHAIRCUTAAcross 17: Cigar a man in credit reflected overCHEROOTAAcross 19: Gaming houses that are equally popular in a Greek islandCASINOSAAcross 20: Oils requiring special treatment for storageSILOAAcross 22: Indicating the wine is running out?PORTENDINGAAcross 25: What draws people at agricultural machinery showsATTRACTORAAcross 26: Wants to be seen returning about five hundredNEEDSAAcross 27: Offering a girl transport, that's allEVERYAAcross 28: Soon chafe at having to go in to workPRESENTLYDDown 1: Firm-faced - but the body's heavenlyCOMETDDown 2: There's point about displeasure when fruit is servedTANGERINEDDown 3: It is a Monet newly discovered, that's the judgementESTIMATIONDDown 4: Halt! Road up. Flow one wayIMPASSEDDown 5: Rubbish to look at and flushEYEWASHDDown 6: Killed in a tussle with the enemySLEWDDown 7: A fellow advocateAGENTDDown 8: Scholarly folk given titles are bewilderedLITERATESDDown 13: Together many different noises can generate cacophonyDISSONANCEDDown 14: Support the boards - but behind the scenesBACKSTAGEDDown 16: Quite pleased about batting being moderateCONTINENTDDown 18: Dance couple's mounting piqueTWO-STEPDDown 19: Animal refuge that is about right for a certain groupCOTERIEDDown 21: Turner, the bilingualLATHEDDown 23: Stay around a good man with the wind upGUSTYDDown 24: Not straight, so against entering meansWAVY