The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 28th July 2010 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 28th July 2010. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Confrontation over a vehicleCALASHAAcross 4: Plonk — new load got in is hot stuffVINDALOOAAcross 9: Ox takes head off plantLOWERAAcross 10: One can find a home in OxfordLOST CAUSEAAcross 11: Such food's origin can be suspiciousINORGANICAAcross 12: Faithful, say, in economy with the truthLIEGEAAcross 13: They may constrain one's liquid assetsPURSE STRINGSAAcross 17: Coin featured in Schubert's Octet?PIECE OF EIGHTAAcross 20: Rowan's character: nothing comicBEANOAAcross 21: Troops (or leading company) deployed in trenchesROOTCROPSAAcross 23: Old stars, such as Marx and Engels …REDGIANTSAAcross 24: … Beth and more of the sameDITTOAAcross 25: Nellie, or other with fewer friendsLONELIERAAcross 26: Cryptic advice for a clever solver to extractORACLEDDown 1: Muse on everything one has to manage withoutCALLIOPEDDown 2: Crawl out from penalty area?LAW COURTDDown 2: Crawl out from penalty area?LAWCOURTDDown 3: Show of indifference to quiet floor coveringSHRUGDDown 5: Our visits once turned on such as John the BaptistINSECTIVOROUSDDown 6: EU proceed tied up with traditional rulesDECALOGUEDDown 7: Greenwood tree featured by Hardy?LAURELDDown 8: Key player?OPENERDDown 10: Extremists responsible for one frantic lungeLUNATIC FRINGEDDown 14: Article laid Tories almost in shredsEDITORIALDDown 15: A song about tourist information centre initially uncertainAGNOSTICDDown 16: Device for one sense to intrude on another?OTOSCOPEDDown 18: Native with one drink going away from the mouthABORALDDown 19: Keeper with Forest …WARDENDDown 22: … introduced a redwood treeCEDAR