The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 11th July 2007 There are 17 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 11th July 2007. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Rule applied by one who has to record "Retrievable Receipts"?IBEFOREAAcross 5: Lives captured in lyric poem, it might occur to youEPISODEAAcross 10: City needs to give permission to carry documentOMSKAAcross 11: Dull, rough time before flu struckUNEVENTFULAAcross 12: Inflexible computer memory stickRAMRODAAcross 13: Insect needs to stretch forward on the ballCRANE FLYAAcross 13: Insect needs to stretch forward on the ballCRANEFLYAAcross 14: Rock pop, Eve: it's old hatSTOVEPIPEAAcross 16: Midwife aims to get this automatic privilegeBIRTHAAcross 17: See 16RIGHTAAcross 19: Problem with bosom' right side new net patch: it hardly swells Jordan these daysCATCHMENTAAcross 23: Descend to flirting with nudismDISMOUNTAAcross 24: Roger beset by severe depressionTROUGHAAcross 26: Funny man's small brown baySTAN LAURELAAcross 27: See 19AREAAAcross 28: Pip gains credit (second) - strips!SCREEDSAAcross 29: Albany, to New Yorkers, is revolting, say!UPSTATEDDown 2: Hot air weapon like Trident's very first stageBOMBASTDDown 3: Ascetic, which is way off being possessive of King Idris's crownFAKIRDDown 4: Be a cowboy and adjust an accounts entry?ROUND UPDDown 4: Be a cowboy and adjust an accounts entry?ROUNDUPDDown 6: Specialist in silent film slapstick bumped into by Simon?PIEMANDDown 7: Belief that the missus should not delay following her perishing spouseSUTTEEISMDDown 8: Old gentleman's habit of getting tense after drinkDOUBLETDDown 9: See 1EEXCEPTAFTERCDDown 15: Passion is a feature of overactive he-men, certainlyVEHEMENCEDDown 18: Bananas old ruler has about the earIDIOTICDDown 20: A swinger (both ways) Tom takes advantage of?CATFLAPDDown 21: Don't care for dauphin's final say on the French courtNEGLECTDDown 22: Medic with a new universal opening for catheter is moved up the lineCUNARDDDown 25: Visually stimulating work means nothing to memberOP ART