The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 10th August 2007 There are 16 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 10th August 2007. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Dickensian fellow's turned informerSNODGRASSAAcross 9: Three eejits? So said 27's 17 down 3, endlessly!GOONGOAAcross 10: Enough dry ground for a thin runnerGREYHOUNDAAcross 11: See 9ONGOONAAcross 12: Adore snacks? "X" marked the spot where these appearLOVEBITESAAcross 13: See 23DUJOURAAcross 17: Some licks from a Gibson? On the contraryMELAAcross 19: Italian who painted the Queen as more saucyLIPPIERAAcross 20: Playing area used by batters and pitchersSANDPITAAcross 21: The German's backed downSADAAcross 23: Cooked just our race day menusCARTESAAcross 27: Plump for new 3-D TV seriesFATHERTEDAAcross 28: Excused 27 dropping the ...LET OFFAAcross 29: ... good humour put back in, eg by tipsy laityGENIALITYAAcross 30: Wrong or right to hang man who acted in 27?GRAHAMAAcross 31: Rob winked mischievously, having 28BROKEWINDDDown 2: See 30NORTONDDown 3: Roughly two years old, English bit of laceworkDOYLEYDDown 4: Man overboard? That's a new recruitROOKIEDDown 5: New church in southern Ireland's losing ground, honestSINCEREDDown 6: "Dips won't run out" (from the sign outside)DOWNTURNSDDown 7: Sort of doormen employed by pub - the heavily built typeENDOMORPHDDown 8: Usual price to enter jarGOINGRATEDDown 14: Scabs left in some beastly panto costumeBLACKLEGSDDown 15: Poetaster's garbled works produced by 3 23, say?OPERETTASDDown 16: Current accommodation in area by bankRIVERFLATDDown 17: Wife hit in the ear by Victorian writerMRSDDown 17: Wife hit in the ear by Victorian writerMRS.DDown 18: What got old Sid somewhat spaced out?LSDDDown 22: A china vase last dropped by dilettanteAMATEURDDown 24: Get less time in the kitchen areaSHRINKDDown 25: Vessel at base in Irish townARKLOWDDown 26: See 17BEETON