The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 2nd August 2013 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 2nd August 2013. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Flurry of penetrating rain washed away camping equipmentTENT PEGAAcross 5: Seedy artist bores SarahSEMINALAAcross 9: Tokyo lunchbox contains cup of tea and doughnutBENTOAAcross 10: Trees transform urban slumLABURNUMSAAcross 11: Hot pants, more or less cleanTHOROUGHLYAAcross 12: Star student lost tongueIDOAAcross 14: It's central to eminent art of brewingFERMENTATIONAAcross 18: It may surprise youngster to give up the setJACK-IN-THE-BOXAAcross 21: Everyone ignored immature bullyCOWAAcross 22: See long film about end of rebellious RoundheadEPISCOPATEAAcross 25: Won't he do less consuming, receiving benefit?ONTHEDOLEAAcross 26: English film star gets rid of wrinklesIRONSAAcross 27: Sour, loveless and redundantSURPLUSAAcross 28: Child seat designed the way you like itTOTASTEDDown 1: Finally, just before death, notices so muchTOBITSDDown 2: National banks eschew London male who's not legally residentNONDOMDDown 3: Pretty as a picturePHOTOGENICDDown 4: Silence elite liberal in labour campGULAGDDown 5: Hissing bird upset pikeSIBILANCEDDown 6: Think highly of Bill down in SloughMIREDDown 7: Inure invalid to spasm of nervous painNEURITICDDown 8: Catching girl going toplessLASSOINGDDown 13: She classifies toxin atoms idiosyncraticallyTAXONOMISTDDown 15: Tom Sharpe employed themMETAPHORSDDown 16: They dispossess voters after judge replaces lawful leaderEJECTORSDDown 17: We hear Arachne pledged to drinkICE WATERDDown 19: Prohibits cheers and jeersTABOOSDDown 20: On vacation, notice species that is a rare sightingNESSIEDDown 23: Read out letters from son on speedSPELTDDown 24: Reportedly flog in cubicleCELL