The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 7th July 2010 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 7th July 2010. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Attack where Cockney might grow meat?AMBUSHAAcross 4: Result of lob?UPSHOTAAcross 9: March bringing a little pandemoniumDEMOAAcross 10: Model driven, one after party rule — was she?CARLABRUNIAAcross 11: As being no good, nothing for administrative bodyQUANGOAAcross 12: Wild, hairy monster lacking leadership entering as Sarkozy, shortFRENETICAAcross 13: Reduced to cut pressure, stopping serviceSLOWTRAINAAcross 15: See 5WHEELAAcross 16: See 2BREADAAcross 18: Ultimate in pretentiousness, crossword setter's art, the finesse of a swashbucklerSWORDPLAYAAcross 22: The other question …HOWSYOURAAcross 23: See 22FATHERAAcross 25: … alternatively, this side of Scotland?MOTHERWELLAAcross 26: Crack cryptic clues for links, sayGOLFAAcross 27: Paperback in row which comes to a head?TITFERAAcross 28: He may be a loan shark ___ but is it me who's less certain?USURERDDown 1: Old lover, informal clothes, topless, far from eroticASEXUALDDown 2: Dead good source of fibreBROWNDDown 3: Relief from dope, saySUCCOURDDown 5: Concern with image over weary, reckless scoundrel getting revolver in TibetPRAYERDDown 6: Possession of rider, whose charger finally beaten with itHORSEWHIPDDown 7: Survivor's inheritance, it's raised in metric weightTONTINEDDown 8: Figure pocketing fines through car I wrongly park up?TRAFFICWARDENDDown 14: Useful stuff wife saw, article disappearing between 27sWHATSWHATDDown 17: Eradicate Aussie bouncer, one dealing with aggression?ROOT OUTDDown 19: Tousles hair swept back, then nature upliftedRUFFLESDDown 20: Arm cut or a leg cut, perhaps, relating to a sensitive areaAREOLARDDown 21: See 26COURSEDDown 24: Formidable opponent on the 26 21?TIGER