The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 19th July 2005 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 19th July 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Where dons were formerly called competentHIGH TABLEAAcross 6: Cryptologist missed turn not far from BletchleyTRINGAAcross 9: Foreign soldier turned up without fuelPOILUAAcross 10: One way for men to be taken on boardEN PASSANTAAcross 11: Student in Yorkshire town has appointment, after which it's no goodSELL-BY DATEAAcross 12: Points dealt with in bulletinNEWSAAcross 14: Mickey clueless in black stuff, which is funnyCOMICALAAcross 15: River gets any trashYANGTSEAAcross 17: Casters may be working to find oneACTRESSAAcross 19: Heavenly body without a banned substanceSTEROIDAAcross 20: Past 11 loses head for a relationTALEAAcross 22: Blair's authoritarian characterBIG BROTHERAAcross 25: Centaur, or sort with 20RACONTEURAAcross 26: One-time celebrity beginning to be superiorEXCELAAcross 27: Ursula dispenses with article of clothingDRESSAAcross 28: Struggling to get wind of elusive spy - no diceDYSPNOEICDDown 1: Prospects of dances round SpainHOPESDDown 2: Bird, one having been swallowed by another, returned to setterGUILLEMOTDDown 3: Little Tom's haircut is tortureTHUMBSCREWDDown 4: Mixer swaps sides for a pianistBRENDELDDown 5: Appreciating how it feels to pay them outEMPATHYDDown 6: It's won or lost before a ball is bowledTOSSDDown 7: Angry at losing gear in waterIRATEDDown 8: Bill, leader up northGATESHEADDDown 13: She'd unfortunately only been an intermediate spouseANNE BOLEYNDDown 14: Engineer mapped out what an accountant should beCHARTEREDDDown 16: Snort horse - a revolutionary and painful experienceTOOTHACHEDDown 18: Send a gratuity in regular paymentSTIPENDDDown 19: Buses start running irregularly out of the centreSUBURBSDDown 21: It's filthy to entice without a small coinLUCREDDown 23: Roman priest kept religious itemRELICDDown 24: Quadrupeds reported in 12GNUS