The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 4th July 2013 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 4th July 2013. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Rob makes error, misprinting initial letterPLUNDERAAcross 5: Illness got rid of, looking roseateFLUSHEDAAcross 9: Substitute, inferior, to make an appearance, we hearLOCUMAAcross 10: Female I reprimand is able to stand the heatFIREPROOFAAcross 11: Fish served with the French salad — as a rule it's "gassy"CHARLESLAWAAcross 12: Rank of golfer deemed "great", not "good"TIERAAcross 14: What can define this? "Stored kit" can, possiblySTOCK-IN-TRADEAAcross 18: Those people by river mouth playTHEMOUSETRAPAAcross 21: Energetic type therefore cycles roundGOERAAcross 22: A harem won't excite me?WOMAN HATERAAcross 25: See lady having little power to make speech dry upEVAPORATEAAcross 26: Person quietly pretentiousPARTYAAcross 27: Knowing about the market, showing quick-wittednessSMARTLYAAcross 28: Country bumpkin, getting eg attention of SpoonerHAYSEEDDDown 1: Keep an eye on river insectsPOLICEDDown 2: Old letter withdrawn, so ignoredUNCIALDDown 3: Relegation that's left one in ruinDEMOLITIONDDown 4: Forest casualty — endless to-do after gameRUFUSDDown 5: Rule-keeper's advice to shoppers in need of discipline?FORMALISTDDown 6: Superior politicians who enforce the rules?UMPSDDown 7: This person thrown out of home and chucked in gaol is troublemakerHOOLIGANDDown 8: Yielded, being put offDEFERREDDDown 13: Pretty sash swirls around in danceSTRATHSPEYDDown 15: Firm cautious about idiot that is certainly no high-flyerCASSOWARYDDown 16: Equine disease is astonishingSTAGGERSDDown 17: Rum dream dissipating over timeDEMERARADDown 19: Writer's hard EnglishSTERNEDDown 20: Year immersed in deadly sin became less colourfulGREYEDDDown 23: Beth follows this leading characterALEPHDDown 24: Old chemist offering something to put on footBOOT