The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 11th August 2005 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 11th August 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Arnold's poem at the worst partMATTHEWAAcross 5: Take a single message: "Love to the Economist"RICARDOAAcross 9: With feeble spite, modify the hype given to ElvisPEEVISHLYAAcross 10: See 19FRUITAAcross 11: Front teeth been bashed in?DENTAAcross 12: Gradual change of love back to hole to entrap meEVOLVEMENTAAcross 14: Pigment used by Nancy firstCYANINAAcross 15: Type of contract, not funny at start of playNO-TRUMPAAcross 16: See 26NOPLANBAAcross 18: See 19ARENOTAAcross 20: Dove to make love to cover Adam's apple?TURTLENECKAAcross 21: Thrown into 23?CASTAAcross 24: Publisher's words put group on its headBLURBAAcross 25: Spiked weapon for dedicated creature, holding back one that's been spayed, possiblyNEEDLEGUNAAcross 26: Personable hint could be "take it or leave it"THEREISAAcross 27: Arnold's poem - 's in 26, we hearTHYRSISDDown 1: The vehicle that wasn't happy?MOPEDDDown 2: See 19THEONLYDDown 3: A greeting from the Stones?HAILDDown 4: Yes (says the song), lunatic asylum's nothing before and after the GuardianWEHAVENOBANANASDDown 5: Three boys (over one in 100) with authority over gameROYALANDANCIENTDDown 6: A number of measures concerning energy: beans 2 10 here?COFFEE TREEDDown 7: Law about a circle with gold coins in a cylinderROULEAUDDown 8: Square dance? That's to go too farOUTSTEPDDown 13: Always right in story about trouble arisingINFALLIBLEDDown 16: Nothing or everything, stick up for it!NOTABITDDown 17: Cause to lie clean around Queen Jane's headPERJUREDDown 19: General stationery on fourth floor, with book not necessarily incompatible with 4ORANGESDDown 22: Clothes without number are a sort of pick-me-upTONGSDDown 23: Fork out about a quid for the showPLAY