The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 29th August 2012 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 29th August 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: List of items to finish in the ovenAGENDAAAcross 4: Supposed to be set in the grassREPUTEDAAcross 9: Regret about a lot of leisure, as artists doREPRESENTAAcross 10: Love to diversify with reproductive organ?OVARYAAcross 11: Food store hard to find in eastern capital?DELHIAAcross 12: Party programme easily seen to come to nothingMANIFESTOAAcross 13: Auntie, say, loses head in high spiritsELATIONAAcross 15: Models may be overhauled, but not oftenSELDOMAAcross 17: To some extent unprepared, perhaps, for a marital contractPRENUPAAcross 19: Leading sniper did his work, being good at itSKILLEDAAcross 22: Mount a siege to join society?BELEAGUERAAcross 24: Shadow causing some encumbranceUMBRAAAcross 26: Hum of old bishop at older cityODOURAAcross 27: In some degree the whole of Ireland can be seen dancingBALLERINAAAcross 28: Regrettable adventure to the abyss with immature backingGULF WARAAcross 29: Result of mixed race involving heartless king and wife cut shortHYBRIDDDown 1: Contract given to a composerABRIDGEDDown 2: Peel gets cross, upset and put outEXPELDDown 3: What's cast by artist who knows how to feedDIETITIANDDown 4: Popularity lists for sailors?RATINGSDDown 5: Assured fact that may have to be corrected?PROOFDDown 6: Growth of Grahame's character's instrument?TOADSTOOLDDown 7: Time's not up in OhioDAYTONDDown 8: European nearly related, but not quiteGERMANDDown 14: Fill a poor mocked victim with embarrassmentAPRIL FOOLDDown 16: A wreath doubtless required, but in no hurryLEISURELYDDown 18: Could Wodehouse be right as performer on pipes?PLUMBERDDown 19: Brook, quiet at first, took on a high noteSHRILLDDown 20: Appliance for the unsound? If dead, a mistakeDEAF-AIDDDown 21: Shape departed at lengthOBLONGDDown 23: Shaft, thin, without head but with headARROWDDown 25: Growth of scripture teaching among lawyers?BRIAR