The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 2nd August 2005 There are 12 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 2nd August 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 4: Refrain from encumbranceBURDENAAcross 6: Refined manner of one reading in bar codeURBANITYAAcross 9: Annual presentations of Old Style transportOSCARSAAcross 10: Throw out a female, looking displeasedSCOWLINGAAcross 11: Cock Robin's beginning to follow each client aroundCHANTICLEERAAcross 15: Go after this London locationMAYFAIRAAcross 17: Play a gameOTHELLOAAcross 18: One suit, perhaps, is to be salutedQUARTERDECKAAcross 22: Group on island can stopPACKITINAAcross 23: Last sign of life in a French governor like a zombie?UNDEADAAcross 24: Artist heard in Troy, for exampleSERGEANTAAcross 25: "The Hound of the Baskervilles", first impression - something worth havingBASSETDDown 1: Artist in car skirting ancient citySEURATDDown 2: Had Open University tutor initially begun to get dressed?TRICKED-OUTDDown 3: That worm turns in townTAMWORTHDDown 4: Start homosexual training facilityBOOT CAMPDDown 5: "Comical ABC" or "Key Introduction to Nursery Rhyme"ROCKABYEDDown 7: Detailed national flagIRISDDown 8: A gentile's taken up Hindu philosophyYOGADDown 12: Acorns ain't nuts; they're flowersCARNATIONSDDown 13: Peerless misreading between the lines?SLEEPERSDDown 14: President having trouble - at wit's end with dress patternPOLKA DOTDDown 16: Got papers without a disc?ACQUIREDDDown 19: Absconder knocked off a catwalkRUNWAYDDown 20: Gulls over resortsSPASDDown 21: Cheshire cat's content climbing treeACER