The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 10th August 2005 There are 15 across clues and 19 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 10th August 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Tennis player's advance to halfway point in WimbledonLENDLAAcross 10: Hector is no other Shakespearean characterHORTENSIOAAcross 11: Security housing need - large amount made by 13 down 26 downBLACKMAILAAcross 12: Inspection note copies at end of pageRECCEAAcross 13: Passes down - linked with practical way of teachingHANDS-ONAAcross 15: Like 13 down 26 down's curtain wrapped round endlessly funny hatTRICORNAAcross 17: Apathy: men ignoring a container of fragrant plantsTHYMEAAcross 18: Cut and run, lacking energyLOPAAcross 20: One bit of information backing commercial corporationDATUMAAcross 22: Buzz was wounded and brought downHUMBLEDAAcross 25: Utterance from Buttercup College is not what you'd call rocket scienceLOW-TECHAAcross 26: It's not everyday a physicist gets round to substitute experiment's launchCURIOAAcross 27: Hardly any trace of 13 down 26 down's titleSUSPICIONAAcross 30: Those on a professional's books seeing Ellen Terry's debut ice productionCLIENTELEAAcross 31: Earth nation's taken back creditKUDOSDDown 1: Loose body bits next to science room E?FLABDDown 2: Countries of the world associated with a lying bum - awkwardUNGAINLYDDown 3: King Alfred, in a matey way, rejected criticismFLAKDDown 4: Shell's terrible distribution of "Quiet Man" - upside down, without chargeSHRAPNELDDown 5: Band member cancelled serviceARMLETDDown 6: 13 down 26 down's work is to raise the lightREAR WINDOWDDown 7: Foreign spy ring accepts chief was shot by 13 down 26 downPSYCHODDown 8: Pore over an early offering from 13 down 26 downROPEDDown 13: Hold-up and killing, gangland style, by childHITCHDDown 14: Period of time before Spring feature of 13 down 26 downSPELL-BOUNDDDown 14: Period of time before Spring feature of 13 down 26 downSPELLBOUNDDDown 16: Lovely young girl, topless, whatever, on speedNYMPHDDown 19: Column's seaside feature has to endure at its corePILASTERDDown 21: 13 down 26 down's shocker that's not welcomed by a stage performer on secondTHEBIRDSDDown 23: Remain baffled by 13 down 26 downMARNIEDDown 24: Directions accepted by one who acts the vagrantDOSSERDDown 26: Turn up a pile of hayCOCKDDown 28: Little Richard, lacking number one, is cloyingICKYDDown 29: Chuck numbers at HenryNOSH