The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 18th August 2004 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 18th August 2004. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Those responsible for 5 4 draw goose eggs in the modern fashionGEORGEANDWEEDONAAcross 9: Acuity in 27 called for a knife or a lawyers' profitANEYEFORAAAcross 10: Assume one should be clad in mailPOSITAAcross 11: Tenor note in spotted tileDOMINGOAAcross 12: Sabbatical return of r-raid without quarterYEAROFFAAcross 13: 2 to say "Are you in debt?"DUOAAcross 14: Ancient cross featuring heavenly being's shortened linesANGERLYAAcross 17: I'm tremendously keen to dissipate fat and I can!FANATICAAcross 19: Royal Society eating hat? Not quite, just a lozengeRHOMBUSAAcross 22: See 9BARGAINAAcross 24: Champion half of 13ACEAAcross 25: I prove the fool a philosopherASSAYERAAcross 26: Well found in comparatively modern chateauLAFITTEAAcross 28: Heather, I call some of itERICAAAcross 29: A little cheese, a quiet menace in a coal mineWHITEDAMPAAcross 30: Click - there's Hick out - horror!SCHRECKLICHKEITDDown 1: We are inclined to write "Dear Sir" and argueGUARDIANREADERSDDown 2: I leave French deity among worthies in Roman theatreODEUMDDown 3: Collector of string less bulky?GLEANERDDown 4: See 5ANOBODYDDown 5: Young and old beginners in climbing scared over their getting involved with Bond in the record bookDIARYOFDDown 6: ... but now pretty? ElucidateEXPLAINDDown 7: Hell for man around frequently with a cuppa in the old daysDISHOFTEADDown 8: Some notification for new unfinished hell - hell? Over my dead body!NOTIFICANHELPITDDown 15: See 1 acrossGROSSMITHDDown 16: Head off a French colour current in the BalkansLEUDDown 18: Tail off a horse in personal memorandaANADDown 20: Inlet by the sea? That's a horse of another colourBAYMAREDDown 21: Scots out in island in MalaysiaSARAWAKDDown 22: Ringer at home to one composer and three paintersBELLINIDDown 23: Give food and drink to judge concerned with call for silenceREFRESHDDown 27: Deal with windTRADE