The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 5th July 2007 There are 18 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 5th July 2007. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Possibly hired with an order to get inheritanceHEIRDOMAAcross 5: A small rise is bad if featuring wineHILLOCKAAcross 9: Drink for graduate danceRUMBAAAcross 10: One's probably forgotten when this is voicedTHINGUMMYAAcross 11: Golfer's call to face up to the leading positionFOREFRONTAAcross 12: Trunk with gnarled rootsTORSOAAcross 13: Prepare table for meal, including it (but not the cloth)LAITYAAcross 15: Place for drying out before getting drunkOAST HOUSEAAcross 15: Place for drying out before getting drunkOASTHOUSEAAcross 18: Getting much exposure? There's the rubSUNSCREENAAcross 19: The fruit left is the finestPEARLAAcross 21: Charge rates now partly brought backONSETAAcross 23: I'm tight, but holding things together - that's transparentCLING FILMAAcross 23: I'm tight, but holding things together - that's transparentCLINGFILMAAcross 25: I'm in Meg's car accidentally, ending up as scrapSCRIMMAGEAAcross 26: Check plugBLOCKAAcross 27: Sovereign's office? It's leaving city following "green" moveREGENCYAAcross 28: Poorly rate an heir, maybe showing disloyaltyTREASONDDown 1: Henry with a load to carry, likely to cause injuryHARMFULDDown 2: Dip? You might need such a heaterIMMERSIONDDown 3: Small forward (but not Nos 2 or 3) playingDWARFDDown 4: Ticker with a regular beatMETRONOMEDDown 5: Jack LewisHOISTDDown 6: It warns vessels at sea, but hardly a liner!LIGHTSHIPDDown 7: Formerly missing insect shellORMERDDown 8: Nosy one might see through this kind of surgeryKEYHOLEDDown 14: Chay - name associated with mast?YACHTSMANDDown 16: Conscious about mass feelingSENTIMENTDDown 17: No one out of tune in concertUNANIMOUSDDown 18: Southern course changed for a northwestern oneSCOUSERDDown 20: Mary's pet's the opposite of a family hit, we hearLAMBKINDDown 22: Appropriate season, although no new shoot seenSPRIGDDown 23: Like a fuel company with a liability lacking heartCOALYDDown 24: Good fit between sloping roofs?GABLE