The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 4th August 2006 There are 13 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 4th August 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: It's prepared before the match for afterwardsTROUSSEAUAAcross 10: Country which was once where guard was outflankedEGYPTAAcross 11: South Australia's majorityAUSTRALAAcross 12: Crates from the States?DAKOTASAAcross 13: Midnight bird - object of knightly searchGRAILAAcross 14: They help motorists keep engagementsGEARBOXESAAcross 16: Where fishes are schooled?TRAININGGROUNDSAAcross 19: There's definitely no future for Poe's ravenNEVERMOREAAcross 21: Bird with the French nameTITLEAAcross 22: Tokyo paper foldingORIGAMIAAcross 23: Leaf for tile designTREFOILAAcross 24: Career that has limitsSPEEDAAcross 25: White dog the White City, perhapsRACETRACKDDown 1: Even up things with rate distributionSTRAIGHTENDDown 2: American fellow wants a different countryBOTSWANADDown 3: Highway in a sea of starsASTRALDDown 4: Man on the Spanish listHEELDDown 5: Confined space?QUADRANGLEDDown 6: Game where you sort out a book beginning with PPEEKABOODDown 7: I leave New York taxis struggling to find orderSYNTAXDDown 8: Australian trucks caught in jute smugglingUTESDDown 14: They could give long rides with love aboardGONDOLIERSDDown 15: Unbrotherly Brontëan?SISTERLIKEDDown 17: Two familiar fellows in FranceNORMANDYDDown 18: Turn Alan into a citizenNATIONALDDown 20: Concealed in the conventVEILEDDDown 21: Nice place for agreementTREATYDDown 22: Kiln, as recorded in ancient booksOASTDDown 23: Sign of the right momentTICK