The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 14th August 2012 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 14th August 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: French composer's freedom restricted by returning offspringDELIBESAAcross 5: Group of schoolchildren stumped by paperSTREAMAAcross 9: See 10FRIEDMANAAcross 10: Economist, one foregoing Keynes, famed in Republican manoeuvringMILTONAAcross 12: PROFIT?CAPITALGAINSAAcross 15: Foul reek — old and new sewers produce itNEEDLEWORKAAcross 17: Novelist lacking close friendAMIAAcross 19: Online paper shows amphibianEFTAAcross 20: One raising issue about letters backing the legislatorsPARLIAMENTAAcross 22: Borderline character with impudence remains wildFRONTIERSMANAAcross 26: Novel that's hilarious, one getting thanksLOLITAAAcross 27: Complaint about jerk being an MPPOLITICOAAcross 28: Filthy place was first to be knocked into shapeSTYLEDAAcross 29: Stop media manipulation happening!PREVENTDDown 1: Take off from party with maximum volumeDOFFDDown 2: Frenchwoman's distant, a bit of a cow, perhapsLOINDDown 3: Very hot in Spain, the poor young socialite's overcomeBEDDABLEDDown 4: Eastern mystic's morning in the Belgravia areaSWAMIDDown 6: Model having shootsTWIGGYDDown 7: Old pet, heard outside, is set freeEXTRICATEDDDown 8: Car goes around in gear just over bottomMINISKIRTSDDown 11: Police trap criminal with heart of goldPATROLDDown 13: How 10's 18 25 starts abrupt current declineANGEL FALLSDDown 14: Whence one gets milk and a sandwich very regularlyTEA TROLLEYDDown 16: Starbuck's first found here, healthier and with toppingWHALERDDown 18: Garden is planted in MarchPARADISEDDown 21: Woman eating cheap products displays figureSTATUEDDown 23: What journalist wants — Sun to shut upSCOOPDDown 24: See 25TIMEDDown 25: What one makes up for depraved sentenceLOST