The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 30th August 2013 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 30th August 2013. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Island with flipping immaculate religious sectsST. LUCIAAAcross 5: Flash not very bright, introducing copper for a bitMODICUMAAcross 9: Dye covering very tiny boneANVILAAcross 10: Openers in on a sticky wicket, one perhaps 65 not out?PENSIONERAAcross 11: Conservative reform curtailed, it's reportedCIRCULATEDAAcross 12: Half-cut, take before eleven — one of these?TAXIAAcross 14: No getting out of it?LIFE SENTENCEAAcross 18: Housing payment squeezing poet, then one accommodated by friend, so luckyPROVIDENTIALAAcross 21: Injected into moose, the seed of AdamSETHAAcross 22: My love test, we hear, has failedSWEETHEARTAAcross 25: Pure girl a bit square, ultimatelyLILY-WHITEAAcross 26: Smooth and clean before rear wiped in conclusionPREENAAcross 27: Reserve occupies bench by ten Tranmere Rovers defenders, all the backsSHYNESSAAcross 28: Bishop drinking whiskey with solver, unemotionalDRY-EYEDDDown 1: Meeting welcoming late arrivals?SEANCEDDown 2: Uniform worn for looking after horses?LIVERYDDown 3: Cute lips break up, it is subcutaneous inflammationCELLULITISDDown 4: I see record's broken for classical characterALPHADDown 5: Make team, perhaps, a pie fillingMINCEMEATDDown 6: Murder racket, ring implicatedDO INDDown 7: After a catastrophe, sanction sheltersCONTAINSDDown 8: Bird with extremes of effort becoming disciplinarianMARTINETDDown 13: Certainly small hot cakes after a turnover for Scottish danceSTRATHSPEYDDown 15: That blooming song from The Sound of Music!EDELWEISSDDown 16: A topless orgy for Paul and his matesAPOSTLESDDown 17: Resort shortly welcoming English innHOSTELRYDDown 19: Passed cold wind maybeCAMEBYDDown 20: High as a cherry?STONEDDDown 23: Change country, heading off over GermanyEMENDDDown 24: Root removed from flower, too daintyTWEE