The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 3rd August 2007 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 3rd August 2007. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Spectators sit here as weather finally worsensSTANDSAAcross 4: Such people are extremely clever when exchanging pointsSMASTSETAAcross 9: Lie in wait for American presidentAMBUSHAAcross 10: A woman swallowing salt waterADAMSALEAAcross 11: Lawyer, nurse, nob and monarch taking part in filmBRIEFENCOUNTERAAcross 13: GP's instrumentGRAND PIANOAAcross 14: Doctor Khan getting crossANKHAAcross 16: Norman could be mischievousARCHAAcross 18: Give Jamie a wash and a biscuitBATHOLIVERAAcross 21: "Large chest" could be such a source of amusementDOUBLE ENTENDREAAcross 23: Leaders of avant-garde understand that State and Church ultimately try to get absolute powerAUTARCHYAAcross 24: Appease ancestors, holding spiritualist meetingSEANCEAAcross 25: Nasser ordered imprisonment of a hundred ArabsSARACENSAAcross 26: Criticise Anglo-Saxon royal, perhapsASSAILDDown 1: To start with, Sisley, Leger and Tissot can be found in one section of the LouvreSLATDDown 2: Where 5 is ratable, perhapsALBERTADDown 3: Blows up princess's guardsDISTENDSDDown 5: He has patients in Spain and, perhaps, Panama CityMEDICINEHATDDown 6: US support for old parliament causes commotionSUMPUSDDown 7: He's part Anatolian, part GreekSPARTANDDown 8: Stars initially sad to leave BBC seriesTHEARCHERDDown 12: Ba'thi zeal set out in letter from 1952ELIZABETHANDDown 13: Newspaper's trusteesGUARDIANSDDown 15: Disease acquired from soil in part of southwest FranceGLANDERSDDown 17: General concealing fifty bombsCLUSTERDDown 19: Showing hesitation in museum porticoVERANDADDown 20: He captured Rome after racial riotsALARICDDown 22: Deadly stretch of moorlandFELL