The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 9th July 2014 There are 15 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 9th July 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Acrimony between bloggers (not involving Hitler)?POSTWARAAcross 5: Place kept in identical tasteSAMPLEAAcross 9: Mark down dramatist to speakCHECK OFFAAcross 9: Mark down dramatist to speakCHECKOFFAAcross 10: Playing for time, Henry is hurtACHINGAAcross 12: In drink (litres!), Daisy's a hypocritePLASTER SAINTAAcross 15: Poison working at this point? It's up in the airIONOSPHEREAAcross 17: Draw level shortlyTIEAAcross 19: Constable for one needs good clothRAGAAcross 20: Divided into groups to suppress resistance, not 28FRACTIONALAAcross 22: Plain scientist, not one that Shelley imaginedFRANKENSTEINAAcross 26: Perhaps boxer's vulnerable point finally hit at the end — it could be curtainsCHINTZAAcross 27: In front of a parent, shake chainWAGAMAMAAAcross 28: Not 20 conservationists in the countryENTIREAAcross 29: Girl is stupid to return to pubPHYLLISDDown 1: Mischievous type caught in UKIP's toils — I would leavePUCKDDown 2: Woman would go to pot hereSHEDDDown 3: Not having a wash? So a good nightWAKELESSDDown 4: King upset American element, having no LatinRUFUSDDown 6: Charge according to amount employedACCUSEDDown 7: No artist makes high table in softwoodPHILISTINEDDown 8: Watch over so many finalists in beauty contest, sayEIGHTBELLSDDown 11: Endless deception covered by Imogen in this systemMETRICDDown 13: Strange choice firm made for archive mediumMICROFICHEDDown 14: His aim, setting crackers?ENIGMATISTDDown 16: Birds, sound asleep, hard to rouseHERONSDDown 18: Forces new trial in my case and one is heldMILITARYDDown 21: Girl cuts sister — she uses sharp bladesSKATERDDown 23: Vehicle parking for walkTRAMPDDown 24: Rich cloak announced for 1 of 6 church leadersPAULDDown 25: Socratic method so revolutionary for 1 of 8 hereQAOS