The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 12th July 2006 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 12th July 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Last call at Westminster when the Tardis returns to baseWHOGOESAAcross 5: Beam of light ran somewhere withinTRANSOMAAcross 9: Act in walk-on parts?TREADAAcross 10: See aboveTHEBOARDSAAcross 11: Done Maugham's bone of contention? Sadly, some abandoned his bookOFHUMANBONDAGEAAcross 13: See 1HOMEAAcross 14: Kentish Man, I'm holding uranium elementSELENIUMAAcross 17: State declaration of my intent; one is no pushoverILLINOISAAcross 18: A good measure of habitation in AquitaineAGENAAcross 21: "13 24 and don't ___"SPARETHEHORSESAAcross 23: Where to hole a vessel among the fleetAMIDSHIPSAAcross 24: Writer's block, he's unable to beginJAMESAAcross 25: Billy Connolly's one in convict's clutchesLAYINGSAAcross 26: Left one with desire to embrace Society for Preservation of Bats, when pressedLINSEEDDDown 1: The rain is now falling moderatelyWITHDDown 2: Yet more contempt generated by such presumption?OVERFAMILIARITYDDown 3: Abhorrence about one stage in fungal developmentOIDIUMDDown 4: The governor's a tyrant when lifting the ginSATRAPDDown 5: One of the Shakers making or breaking the circuit?TREMBLERDDown 6: Oil state ruler thus consecrated?ANOINTEDDDown 7: Hysteric, overstretched soprano heard as La Bohème?SCREAMINGMEEMIEDDown 8: Moriarty his chosen subject?MASTERMINDDDown 12: Church or Tallis composition giving support for the singerCHOIR STALLDDown 15: See 1INREASONDDown 16: Close affiliations with pyjamas have they?NIGHTIESDDown 19: Cheat taking a cutCHISELDDown 20: For hard work one's a byword, for art? No judge unfortunatelyTROJANDDown 22: Exploited employee of the Washington Post?USED