The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 7th August 2009 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 7th August 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Matter in which girl's bowled over male lover of Roman mythologyPYRAMUSAAcross 5: Class of active person given a hearing in the capitalTAIPEIAAcross 9: Posh Tory's gone over old French colonyCAMEROUNAAcross 10: Thames-side location for novelistBARNESAAcross 12: Yesteryear's bloke? If Mandela's that, there's a crooked dealFORGOTTENMANAAcross 15: Paul's wife once rejecting a course with limeLINDEN TREEAAcross 17: Writer knocking over WPB?NIBAAcross 19: Kisser going around SloughBOGAAcross 20: Glad to gain the skill, being timorousFAINTHEARTAAcross 22: Perhaps some of those at the company meeting don't have their own cases?SHAREHOLDERSAAcross 26: Lag with certain materials, having trimmed off edgesINMATEAAcross 27: Book about a wilderness discovered by a Russian grannyBABUSHKAAAcross 28: Man into teaching English most likely to succeed?ELDESTAAcross 29: Like images that are photographic — summoned, that is, in retrospect?EIDETICDDown 1: First-choice toolPICKDDown 2: Seat in which there's one sitting after the gameRUMPDDown 3: Someone on the go drinking mineral alsoMOREOVERDDown 4: Like 23, hero lying in vessel in southwest England stirring?SLUNGDDown 6: Disgraced and embarrassed? Not HenryABASEDDDown 7: Native to criticise a fellow Scot?PANAMANIANDDown 8: Bind us fast — demolish such objectionsIFSANDBUTSDDown 11: See 4ATWEENDDown 13: Short appeal to get British cities turning out for votePLEBISCITEDDown 14: A complainer struck and moved aboutANAGRAMMEDDDown 16: Piece of furniture that's miniature with ’oard stuffed in itTEAPOYDDown 18: See 4THEROUNDDDown 21: Channel bringing food to AmericaMEATUSDDown 23: Bird beginning to disappear over slopeDRAKEDDown 24: See 4SHOTDDown 25: Brandy gives crowd upliftMARC