The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 1st August 2013 There are 16 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 1st August 2013. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Bob is brusque and heartlessly cunningCURTSYAAcross 4: A bobby is put in dock for drinkALCOPOPAAcross 9: Doctor ran to cure storytellerRACONTEURAAcross 10: Regular time for fixtureEVENTAAcross 11: Staunch Labour leader has sovereign beheadedLOYALAAcross 12: Hear about gym that's accessibleRECEPTIVEAAcross 13: Energy breaks items upIMPETUSAAcross 15: Word of advice for each benefactorTIPPERAAcross 17: Jazz fan shot — found in the gardenCATNIPAAcross 19: Doubter is poisoned having consumed cocaineSCEPTICAAcross 22: Ten items scattered round a bistroESTAMINETAAcross 24: Waif to settle outside ReadingSTRAYAAcross 26: Wait! That's soiled!TARRYAAcross 27: People after motor that's pinkCARNATIONAAcross 28: See about the German student agingELDERLYAAcross 29: Pass over ravaged regionIGNOREDDown 1: Composer's heart's bad when climbingCORELLIDDown 2: Boulder-strewn and unstableROCKYDDown 3: Carol spilled the beans, all aloneSINGLETONDDown 4: Pair prepared bed for fruit treeAPRICOTDDown 5: Budget for lots and lotsCHEAPDDown 6: Quiet citizen becomes chief executivePRESIDENTDDown 7: Snooker player to mess aboutPOTTERDDown 8: Girl coming out upset teacher? Rubbish!DEBRISDDown 14: Penny survived, holding soldier tightPLASTEREDDDown 16: Reporters joke about new enlistment programmePRESS GANGDDown 16: Reporters joke about new enlistment programmePRESSGANGDDown 18: Frightened to make amends, when out of jailPANICKYDDown 19: Space traveller posed on vesselSATURNDDown 20: Sugar producer keeps longing for spiceCAYENNEDDown 21: Grub for fellow the Parisian supportsGENTLEDDown 23: Public official can overlook alternativeMAYORDDown 25: Money for a little myrrh in OmanRHINO