The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 20th July 2011 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 20th July 2011. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: City thrice as loudTRIPOLIAAcross 5: After break I have become agitatedRESTIVEAAcross 9: Contribution from Russian leader with part exchangeINPUTAAcross 10: Say Scotch on the rocks is sweetLIQUORICEAAcross 11: Happy life, yet with a thorn in the side?BED OF ROSESAAcross 12: Source of energy, as consumed by bad case of fluFUELAAcross 14: Animal boxes that many swear byHIPPOCRATESAAcross 18: Citizens in a state by ingesting excess drugs — and most of the police accept itBODY POLITICAAcross 21: She caused some mayhem, matchmakingEMMAAAcross 22: Those who groom pedantsNITPICKERSAAcross 25: Perhaps lonely heart to spill the beans twiceSINGLETONAAcross 26: Leopard attack not begunOUNCEAAcross 27: Pay no attention to bodies disintegrating — you may hear whyDISOBEYAAcross 28: Don't the upper classes leave a mark?ABSTAINDDown 1: Hear about one-pound hatTRILBYDDown 2: Retard Philistine is deep in troubleIMPEDEDDown 3: Unfit method for how to reach another phaseOUTOFSHAPEDDown 4: Not the foremost spacious room in this houseIGLOODDown 5: Music degree abandoned for the first product of French cavesROQUEFORTDDown 6: Bullet snappedSHOTDDown 7: One city in which I resign due to unfairnessINIQUITYDDown 8: Lens or prosthesis back to frontEYEGLASSDDown 13: Rare to include firm that's ahead of its timePRECOCIOUSDDown 15: Pathetic admission of young lady who doesn't finish reading the linesPALMISTRYDDown 16: Single-minded alumni scattering seedsOBSESSEDDDown 17: Bits and pieces from dodgy compiler, not too smart at firstODDMENTSDDown 19: The woman's in a tizzy, causing ruptureHERNIADDown 20: Behind, as with rent outstandingASTERNDDown 23: Father BearPANDADDown 24: Fat, lard and butter begin and end thusFLAB