The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 8th July 2010 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 8th July 2010. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Bash head of poor female rodentGOPHERAAcross 4: Chap set about pursuing diamonds in frozen wasteICESHEETAAcross 9: Obliging husband adopted suitable positionNICHEAAcross 10: Tory in Lab disguise?TONY BLAIRAAcross 11: Buffet California with fair wind from the eastCAFETERIAAAcross 12: Pitchers were smashed to third baseEWERSAAcross 13: "Do it!" I snapped, angry and frustratedDISAPPOINTEDAAcross 17: Tory-Liberal, not vice versaCONSERVATIVEAAcross 20: Single European UnionUNITEAAcross 21: The state of being mistrusted a bitSUSPICIONAAcross 23: Group of thugs from Africa and Japan knock off good dope and tobaccoJANJAWEEDAAcross 24: Tory-Liberal [ibid] quota for DefenceALIBIAAcross 25: Nick phone to make tweet?BIRDCALLAAcross 26: Setback as son lost honourREVEREDDown 1: Info on ordinary policemen's ultimate role in ethnic cleansingGENOCIDEDDown 2: If German is supporting overthrow of EU policy he won't use violencePACIFISTDDown 3: First Lady's books reveal affairEVENTDDown 5: Extraordinary rendition case is ready for transportationCONTAINERISEDDDown 6: Bear genus could be broken down into these groupsSUBGENERADDown 7: With receding hair, he's finally long in the tooth, outwardly at leastENAMELDDown 8: Bird infectionTHRUSHDDown 10: Suffering of reptile and feline?TORTOISESHELLDDown 14: Email Copt about ancient Egyptian dynastyPTOLEMAICDDown 15: Shrink is repressed by smaller version of selfMINIMISEDDown 16: GMT doesn't start in the interim!MEAN TIMEDDown 16: GMT doesn't start in the interim!MEANTIMEDDown 18: Leader of Pakistani peacekeepers gets shot in the provincePUNJABDDown 19: She transfixes Middlesex townPINNERDDown 22: Angry pirates are circling!IRATE