The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 19th August 2009 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 19th August 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: One genius on vacation getting into picture puzzlesJIGSAWSAAcross 5: Bad-tempered 27, left on the interior, heading this way?STROPPYAAcross 10: About to lay Phil Mitchell's mum when papa's awayEGGYAAcross 11: No right cultivating Peter Storey's imageSTEREOTYPEAAcross 12: Place order, getting from pick-up to destination, showing self-possessionAPLOMBAAcross 13: What's triple-layered? The answer's somewhat coincidentalTHREE-PLYAAcross 14: Quiet? Very nearly that when breaking in on holiday route to BrindisiAPPIAN WAYAAcross 16: "Games and Puzzles" portfolio coversSPORTAAcross 18: Our dear friend up at one, puzzlingTAUPIAAcross 20: Car book with copy on cassetteAUDIOTAPEAAcross 23: A friend acquires trimmed skirt in the cityABU DHABIAAcross 24: Hip character recalled jazz openingsINTROSAAcross 26: Relative taking drugs behind Burlington House causes no little dramaGRAND OPERAAAcross 27: Spot the Mexican sauceMOLEAAcross 28: Preacher by lake in daydreamREVERIEAAcross 29: European claiming Egypt's last disembowelled mummy is Cleopatra's daddyPTOLEMYDDown 2: I try to conceal pain beginning to play punk rock artistIGGYPOPDDown 3: OK, for example, thusSAY-SODDown 4: 21 area where we were contemptible, British heldWEST BANKDDown 6: Man's written in blue, which is yet to be verifiedTHEORYDDown 7: New player filling boots, taking out wingers immediatelyON-THE-SPOTDDown 8: Very cold outside alehouse, not getting first of beers inPOPULARDDown 9: The new stadium erupts for 18's favouritesWESTHAMUNITEDDDown 15: Yours truly's offered sweet with little bread, wiping top lipIMPUDENCEDDown 17: Perfect clothes on a fighterMILITANTDDown 19: A long time to get over German staying in hotelAUBERGEDDown 21: Puzzle for the scary one to write upPROBLEMDDown 22: Sudden enlightenment emerging from Pisa to RiminiSATORIDDown 25: Tongue's end circling woman's middleTAMIL