The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 1st July 2009 There are 13 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 1st July 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 5: Rousing stuff, timeless symphonyEROICAAAcross 6: Pressed on in awfully dire caseIRONEDAAcross 9: Red Cross hero that's automatically put in control?GEORGEAAcross 10: Woman and man in partnership for people of Western stateNEVADANSAAcross 11: That woman with old idol, a priestessHEROAAcross 12: Realms most disrupted in turbulent situationsMAELSTROMSAAcross 13: Priest holding one mass, something done in critical timeCLIMACTERICAAcross 18: Assumes position tardily in AmericaPOSTULATESAAcross 21: Dispatch starts from southern England, finishes in Northern IrelandSENDAAcross 22: Regularly perform exploit in forcePRACTISEAAcross 23: Put together very badly as housesVILLASAAcross 24: Like most drivers, stiff and awkwardWOODENAAcross 25: Guard's second appearanceSENTRYDDown 1: Grouse or duck seized by male or female bird of preyMOORFOWLDDown 2: Highly amusing person coming in second bestSCREAMDDown 3: Leader of climbers always upset when fool falls in this?CREVASSEDDown 4: More nastily derogatory about rackets being raisedSNIDERDDown 5: Team adding numbers before and after thisELEVENDDown 7: A lot of people caught up in party machineDYNAMODDown 8: Parts of solutions put across for areas with social problems?INNERCITIESDDown 14: Traveller with story about popular female shopkeeperMILLINERDDown 15: Seal unit off to avoid shocking accidentsINSULATEDDown 16: Make use of library as authorBORROWDDown 17: On edge that's hard?UNEASYDDown 19: Numbers split up in US cityTUCSONDDown 20: Communist council among, also, VietnameseSOVIET