The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 1st August 2012 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 1st August 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: Chemicals like ratsbane are poisonous, so I tried swallowing tenTRIOXIDESAAcross 8: Boatman's barb: does faith leader come before source of gospel?FLUKEAAcross 9: Champ for church service given mark of approval by a small number in reportMASTICATEAAcross 10: Heartless sinner is no angel?SAINTAAcross 12: Before Man exists … before that? An article of faithTHEISMAAcross 13: Live test match beginning after embarrassment of real unknown getting a duck firstORAL EXAMAAcross 14: End of episcopate? Ask about royal jobEQUERRYAAcross 17: "Skip eating steak at last" — modelSKITTERAAcross 20: Contrived to admire Kofi, perhapsMEDIATORAAcross 22: Finally, faith in light brown ale is part of thisSHANDYAAcross 24: Brand of squashSTAMPAAcross 25: Schematic representation of articles of faithCATECHISMAAcross 26: Fool has faith leader hold recruits' capitalMORONAAcross 27: Liberation for limbo-dancing SpoonerLETTINGGODDown 1: Spin doctor covers every attempt to influence the faithfulPREACHDDown 2: Change of direction: Boatman's lost faithDOCTRINEDDown 3: Monastic order rejecting impertinent show of levitySITCOMDDown 4: Part from followers of faith over belief, not ignoredSECTIONDDown 5: Chopstick?CLEAVEDDown 6: Salve for concern about familySKIN CAREDDown 6: Salve for concern about familySKINCAREDDown 11: See 15MARKDDown 15: Doubt source of gospel?QUESTIONDDown 16: Act of faith, if led by a woman, gets put downRITEDDown 18: It's eaten or drunk at church in God's first doctrineTEACHINGDDown 19: What God may have done for Man, at the heart of faithCREATEDDDown 21: One article of faith about what Jesus implied?IAMGODDDown 22: Ex hypothesi est angelus: the rest you'll get later in the daySIESTADDown 23: Onset of doubt ends salvation in God — not what was intendedDESIGN