The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 6th August 2009 There are 15 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 6th August 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Men left work on deckORLOPAAcross 10: Probationary period in order to turn on pervert?NOVITIATEAAcross 11: Don't worry about room occupied by obnoxious peopleNEVERMINDAAcross 12: Quarters found by comrade somewhere in the HimalayasNEPALAAcross 13: Bottom or top in US assemblySITUPONAAcross 15: Tin cans made of tinSTANNICAAcross 17: Bush may be a sort of statesmanELDERAAcross 18: Established groupSETAAcross 20: Car turned up on time, but it's not workingKAPUTAAcross 22: Forceful policemen holding a crowd backDYNAMICAAcross 25: Quite articulate? Lucy is heartlessUTTERLYAAcross 26: Order cited in orderEDICTAAcross 27: Girl on location for studios, making things tougherANNEALINGAAcross 30: Prepared crackers before daybreakMADEREADYAAcross 31: Try repeating line from Russian authorGOGOLDDown 1: Augustus who painted smallest roomJOHNDDown 2: High taxation in East Yorkshire city? Not quiteELEVATEDDDown 3: Pole not entirely freeSPARDDown 4: Old people dancing, for instanceANCIENTSDDown 5: Girl and boy with ducksEVADESDDown 6: Running up Mark 1 — French Connection garment of the old schoolETON JACKETDDown 7: Come to pass, possibly, in northern EnglandHAPPENDDown 8: Take off old prime ministerPEELDDown 13: Horse finding way over riverSTEEDDDown 14: Dogmatic traveller rising or appearing in hollowPEREMPTORYDDown 16: One article from China for lover of Wuthering HeightsCATHYDDown 19: Rusty one revised for medieval contestsTOURNEYSDDown 21: Breakfast food that's served in jugPORRIDGEDDown 23: Flipping Scotsman notices water nymphsNAIADSDDown 24: Persian, possibly, with paperback King James Bible in stock?CRAVATDDown 26: Novel about a male: Orlando?EMMADDown 28: Seaweed included in botanical gardenALGADDown 29: Good booze responsible for a lot of wind?GALE