The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 17th July 2008 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 17th July 2008. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Found out about clues construction - no Latin and lacking definitionUNFOCUSEDAAcross 6: See 25ACHEAAcross 10: Somebody into transitive cosmetic preparationTONERAAcross 11: Its sufferer would have nothing newNEOPHOBIAAAcross 12: How a note is heard to ringRESOUNDAAcross 13: Oddly torn by sex psychologist Rose's support?TRELLISAAcross 14: Ordinary model's lowly successor gets protected status (sexually ambivalent turn)SAFETY BICYCLEAAcross 17: Bricklaying method to carry an injured agent?STRETCHERBONDAAcross 21: Prelude to alopecia is losing height: it's not good for inspirationTHIN AIRAAcross 22: Ostracise, after losing two books, an archaic, destitute personLACKALLAAcross 24: Licensee's work lacks new fittingINKEEPINGAAcross 25: Beef pot by top grade cook Forte rejectedBELLYAAcross 26: Terror tactics housing fraudRORTAAcross 27: UK's EEC role as a result of De Gaulle's position: on a limbNONMEMBERDDown 1: Excited hearts, in faith, plenty of which at NASA launchUPTHRUSTDDown 2: Leisure money once raised, losing large resourcesFUNDSDDown 3: Switch cricketer playing with bra without underwired insert topsCIRCUIT BREAKERDDown 4: New dates accepted by car producer, FishSAND DABDDown 4: New dates accepted by car producer, FishSANDDABDDown 5: Sporting no tie when entertained by colonial administrator is duty relatedDEONTICDDown 7: Rider means group of plotters has new roleCABALLERODDown 8: Roll on stages between two pointsELAPSEDDown 9: "Echo-cerebral" ET activity, which enables connection with earthTHREECORECABLEDDown 15: Gold-digger's enemies drug-free - not so goodFOSSICKERDDown 16: It makes tracks available to us, courtesy of foreign sportsman with protected status?CD PLAYERDDown 18: Trunk touches hand's third digit without one twistingTORSIONDDown 19: Element adding aura to army officerHALOGENDDown 20: Electronic tester for collapsible ladderETRIERDDown 23: One day, William raised less money, so extemporisedAD-LIB