The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 24th July 2013 There are 15 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 24th July 2013. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Intermediary's game gamble with small gain, ultimatelyGO-BETWEENAAcross 10: Arab returning very shortlyOMANIAAcross 11: Container for drink — physicist dropping his first oneSTEINAAcross 12: Work of German long involved with RhineLOHENGRINAAcross 13: Person serving is 24 across in terms of 1 in playSOLDIERAAcross 14: President, embracing conflict, put in post again?FORWARDAAcross 17: Lassie's way of operating newspaperMORAGAAcross 19: Line to support the 24 across of this puzzleGUYAAcross 20: Honour, or bestower of oneQUEENAAcross 21: Return of gold craze in this countryROMANIAAAcross 22: Caught by flexible vine, sayCLIMBERAAcross 24: Part of 10 or 21, or 22 down 14, or 4, 9, 23, or 28MIDDLEMANAAcross 26: Maiden appearing in one garment or anotherSMOCKAAcross 28: Spy, perhaps, engaged in gathering informationAGENTAAcross 29: Infernal paintings are in one shade of brownTARTAREANDDown 1: Times and Guardian editors selected leaders therefromAGESDDown 2: Is able, stupidly, to let oneself downABSEILDDown 3: Acting as locum in partnership, where it's often requestedSTANDINGINDDown 4: In school, person who gives out wooden rulerDEALERDDown 5: As one proceeds aboard the stagecoachON THE FLYDDown 6: Rent that's held by mediator, normallyTORNDDown 7: Union initially increasing cost of transport tenfoldMARRIAGEDDown 8: Majority shareholder put up new work of artLIONDDown 13: City's co-founder turned up in ancient regionSUMERDDown 15: This leads in pace in races, quite strangelyREQUIESCATDDown 16: Benefactor's name inscribed in entranceDONORDDown 18: English doctor cut into cardinal, say, and effected cureREMEDIEDDDown 19: Insect making good tomato awfully hardGOATMOTHDDown 22: Minimal change in US in relation to moderate positionCENTREDDown 23: Negotiator crushed spirit of resistanceBROKERDDown 24: Substance team-mate, before or after break, abusedMEATDDown 25: Take part, more than once, in theatrical Othello, though reluctantLOTHDDown 27: Religious leader, follower of Martin LutherKING