The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 9th July 2013 There are 17 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 9th July 2013. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Turn universal desire into artistic mediumGOUACHEAAcross 5: Vessel's unusually dark brown, previouslyTANKARDAAcross 10: Take it easy, having recounted sexual conquestsLAZEAAcross 11: Pack clerical garment into total nerd's collection?STAMP ALBUMAAcross 12: Beam about impediment to loveLINTELAAcross 13: Relative — nephew, cousin, husband? — starts to loosen upUNCLENCHAAcross 14: Boatman's song — something sung in nude?BARCAROLEAAcross 16: Like backing Norse god or Greek oneSATYRAAcross 17: Cellar-boundVAULTAAcross 19: Crawler to yield, adopting opponents' adviceCENTIPEDEAAcross 23: Clue to foster-child's disadvantage?DRAW BACKAAcross 23: Clue to foster-child's disadvantage?DRAWBACKAAcross 24: Tenor's heart gets put into temperamental soloMONODYAAcross 26: One undertaking to fiddle with agricultural equipmentCONTRACTORAAcross 27: Repair oathDARNAAcross 28: Jump across 51 illuminated after duskSTARLITAAcross 29: The French king filling Paris, perhaps, with brightnessCLARITYDDown 2: Reconstructed source of Aztec or Inca instrumentOCARINADDown 3: Obviate, or declare, timeAVERTDDown 4: Solicitor breaking the rules, lacking energyHUSTLERDDown 6: Face muscle, in a wayASPECTDDown 7: Wicked program in which 9 character absorbs sick end of tapeKILLERAPPDDown 8: Erotic fish consuming meal toplessRAUNCHYDDown 9: Writer badly mauled (but not dead) getting signal to enter burrowSAMUEL BECKETTDDown 15: Supply food, entertaining elderly women with adverse criticismCOLD WATERDDown 18: Irish river featuring in pictures of transport hubAIRPORTDDown 20: Medic disturbing weary trainee with bit of percussionTIMBRELDDown 21: Cheated and ran over thinkerDIDEROTDDown 22: Some sausages à la Milanese?SALAMIDDown 25: Free an upturned bottomNADIR