The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 10th July 2008 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 10th July 2008. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: 12 19 (here) to treat last cause of AIDS in the pastDOCTORZHIVAGOAAcross 10: 12 19, a right old way of dating a numberARAUCARIAAAcross 11: Use rubber tee (say) with ironCHAFEAAcross 12: Variant of "Tie a dry fly" first appearing in 1958FIFTYAAcross 13: Bent plate one wayDISHONESTAAcross 14: Returns leaderless with Roman knightsEQUITESAAcross 16: Capital journey round 12 1TRIPOLIAAcross 18: Without exception comes to agreeTOTALLYAAcross 20: Do wrong drug and snuff it, who knows when?SINE DIEAAcross 21: To judge by his law, a Roman has a way to conduct impulsesREFLEX ARCAAcross 23: Ulysses' allowanceGRANTAAcross 24: Any odd house not quite in Northants and not quite in OxonAYNHOAAcross 25: 25% here signifying Russian hero depicted in churchONEINFOURAAcross 26: 12 19 play for today?BIRTHDAY PARTYDDown 2: Sweet work, half in the open: turn to it (OPALFRUITDDown 3: Naff adhesiveTACKYDDown 4: Engineers left bone behind altarREREDOSDDown 5: Leader for clique giving private audienceHEADSETDDown 6: 12 19 success circum-navigating ocean: it is flawedVICTORIANDDown 7: Seriously good shindig?GRAVEDDown 8: 12 19 (coining a phrase) 20th of a dime and a run I madeHALFCENTURIANDDown 9: 12 19 (here) acting family date with ConservativeWESTSIDESTORYDDown 15: Filibustered by duke - total disasterTALKEDOUTDDown 17: The exception, not even an island, eliminatedODD MAN OUTDDown 19: See 12YEAROLDDDown 20: See 6SOCIETYDDown 22: Jolly chap, sound on toadstoolsFUNGIDDown 23: Escaping from the deluge, Noah reached portGENOA