The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 3rd August 2005 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 3rd August 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Barbarian, keeping love at arm's length, damn you!GOTOHELLAAcross 9: See 12O'NEILLAAcross 10: Crosby heard to have been "killed to encourage the others"BYNGAAcross 11: Writer in Old English to traumatise barbarianOSCAR WILDEAAcross 12: Writer, well-born one, in a bad wayEUGENEAAcross 14: Beast to check what sounds expensiveREINDEERAAcross 15: Close in time and close in space - drink roundTONIGHTAAcross 17: Say "G-Greek island" and you start to keep food warmEGGCOSYAAcross 20: Words translated without charge, too much to reverseLIBRETTOAAcross 22: Practice of religion is somewhat difficult usuallyCULTUSAAcross 23: Containers of liquid hopefully soundKETTLEDRUMAAcross 24: I'm a fool to take drugsDOPEAAcross 25: Caper ... by a whirlpool for startersCAVORTAAcross 26: Parasitic policy, sabotaging mines without a shotENTRYISMDDown 1: Victor's accepting calls to show your route - mind itHOWYOUGODDown 2: Summer time, maybe June, with Roy: 12 9's in 15LONGDDown 3: Turn into suitBECOMEDDown 4: Vote for artistic bodyELECTRADDown 5: 12 9's 3s 4: the Guardian's name's in ChinaMOURNINGDDown 6: Publication by company - Iliad in translationPERIODICALDDown 7: Hammer drawn by 14SLEDGEDDown 13: Movement of people is good in Muslim country, almost the first continuingEMIGRATIONDDown 16: Woman on strike has to, so farHITHERTODDown 18: A crab is briefly the Guardian's petSOURPUSSDDown 19: See 2JOURNEYDDown 21: The 12 9 cinema version, most of 3, with the end missingICEMANDDown 22: COMETHDDown 24: See 2DAYS