The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 3rd August 2004 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 3rd August 2004. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Fish that can fasten without a painful expression?SEAOWLAAcross 4: Bad marks for parts on styleSTIGMATAAAcross 9: Angle covering alien fixationFETISHAAcross 10: Roaster does so to get tipTURNSPITAAcross 11: Routine to study and speak when beheaded, so to speakBREAD AND BUTTERAAcross 13: Dagger gives room for breaking the rulesMISERICORDAAcross 14: Consume salmon cutlet at high tableMESAAAcross 16: Recoil can lead off, start, turn and backKICKAAcross 18: Mammal's wail to help at seaPILOT WHALEAAcross 21: In logic, it turns one mad first to indulge in fanciful emotionSENTIMENTALISEAAcross 23: Wry one to gloss over and press aheadIRONICALAAcross 24: Programme concerning time and motionAGENDAAAcross 25: Rider who could return straddled over a bull?TOREADORAAcross 26: Wrap neck first when hotSTOLENDDown 1: Separate if in the waySIFTDDown 2: Star worker to sign one outANTARESDDown 3: Learned area of person affecting knowledgeWISEACREDDown 5: Heavenly strike almost gets the lower pinTHUNDERBOLTDDown 6: Group contains one prodigyGENIUSDDown 7: I am turning up with one peg, perhapsAMPUTEEDDown 8: Switch C and B in box?ALTERNATEDDown 12: Islands are around bit on leaving bayARCHIPELAGODDown 13: Expedient to run up loose dressMAKESHIFTDDown 15: Eve shows little will in drunken stateTWILIGHTDDown 17: Preserve grim sincerityCANDOURDDown 19: Planes ran features backing magazineARSENALDDown 20: Mineral (barium) taken from churchSILICADDown 22: The thread of the storyYARN