The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 5th July 2005 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 5th July 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Without certain knowledge, it's costing a bombAGNOSTICAAcross 9: University evokes old times for manyOXFORDAAcross 10: Reportedly failed to see in the fogMISTAAcross 11: Chemist called to give agricultural helpPHARMACISTAAcross 12: Soldier's signal to go on an errand of mercyRESCUEAAcross 14: Gone off course before finding cause of illnessPATHOGENAAcross 15: Goddess fails to finish a first courseASTARTEAAcross 17: Officer's label on a figureOCTAGONAAcross 20: Hedge featured in abstract painting styleHARDEDGEAAcross 22: Soft sweet stuff, but it's not genuinePHONEYAAcross 23: Chap employed in producing an issue?AMANUENSISAAcross 24: One may be out on it or out when it's offBAILAAcross 25: How mule looks when bag has to be searched?AGHASTAAcross 26: Trading about a quarter, but it's on the increaseSWELLINGDDown 1: It could be construed as what makes us singleUGLINESSDDown 2: What's right in a youngster is nevertheless wrongTORTDDown 3: Market town for pastel reproductionSTAPLEDDown 4: Disconnected belligerentSCRAPPYDDown 5: Beauty treatment for alien inhabitant of the universeCOSMETICDDown 6: Fan creates a stir about a timeless storyAFICIONADODDown 7: Shipwrecked mariner was off courseCRUSOEDDown 13: Cautious about girl getting a drinkCHARDONNAYDDown 16: Former PM and band leaderTEDHEATHDDown 18: Dutiful child of Ruth (that's part of scripture)OBEDIENTDDown 19: Priests are in chaos, but carry on regardlessPERSISTDDown 21: See a limb half 25ARMAGHDDown 22: Bill for when Charles becomes King?POSTERDDown 24: Bundle of mischiefBALE