The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 4th August 2010 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 4th August 2010. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Very, very tiresome ultimately, a Zulu playing the blasted thing?VUVUZELAAAcross 9: Stiff in one's hole?GRAVEAAcross 10: See 25EARSAAcross 11: As a male, be all at sea with name for sailorABLE SEAMANAAcross 12: Is a ploughman's work so innovative?GROUNDAAcross 14: See 12BREAKINGAAcross 15: Harmless, misogynistic at heart, something positive about it?ANODYNEAAcross 17: Almost all day, dogs emptied 2ALMONDSAAcross 20: Tablet in power for overflow passageSPILLWAYAAcross 22: Music player taking bird alongside riverDEEJAYAAcross 23: A little stuff blocking pipeSMATTERINGAAcross 24: Ring for taxi, endlessly?TOLLAAcross 25: Charlie picks things up — though he may not?CLOTHAAcross 26: Gathering information, good to have biasGLEANINGDDown 1: Islander has problem with a coach, one having departedSUMATRANDDown 2: Barking headsNUTSDDown 3: Prize artist liftedREWARDDDown 4: Hop up into road, as marsupialWALLABYDDown 5: This on shamed faces over oil company, bird trapped in it?EGGSHELLDDown 6: Stop to request pink flowerDAMASK ROSEDDown 7: Stay on, chief!REMAINDDown 13: Wave adult off in marriageUNDULATIONDDown 16: Might this suggest I held capital?NEW DELHIDDown 18: Ending it all, ring off — then what's there to hear?DIALLINGDDown 19: Within grassy ring, aquatic plantSYRINGADDown 21: Mini half off, in the pink as scrubberPUMICEDDown 22: See 9DIGGERDDown 24: See 18TONE