The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 30th July 2014 There are 16 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 30th July 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Dot — ultimate character in EastEnders taking a regular drinkSTIPPLEAAcross 5: Cave-dweller keeping second chap in or out?BATSMANAAcross 10: Catching cold, can 12?LOCOAAcross 11: Catching cold too, using a muffCONTAGIOUSAAcross 12: See 25CUCKOOAAcross 13: See 14WRAPPINGAAcross 14: No rage? L!CHRISTMASAAcross 16: See 14PAPERAAcross 17: See 22 downMATCHAAcross 19: Is a member's cast so sozzled?PLASTEREDAAcross 23: I must go behind boy, one wearing short yellow bloomersGLADIOLIAAcross 24: Guillotine important figureEIGHTYAAcross 26: Kind heart of Irish setter flourishedBRANDISHEDAAcross 27: In Devon, a current company leader is business managerEXECAAcross 28: Apparently sweet thing in mother, even gentlerREVENGEAAcross 29: See 25SPOTTEDDDown 2: Feel restraining order is excessiveTOO MUCHDDown 3: Dump the cheap drinkPLONKDDown 4: Exclusion from place of work as rugby player dismissedLOCK OUTDDown 4: Exclusion from place of work as rugby player dismissedLOCKOUTDDown 6: Mount frames in alabaster (amateur art)ARARATDDown 7: Sound transaction straightforward for aircraftSAILPLANEDDown 8: Female graduates rewrite manual with masculine conclusionALUMNAEDDown 9: Missile attacks in this global warfare and nuclear fallout starts to spreadSNOWBALLFIGHTDDown 15: With investment of 500, possibly nice when twice the amountINCIDENCEDDown 18: In general freeAT LARGEDDown 20: Taking drug (on drugs), put your foot downSPEED UPDDown 20: Taking drug (on drugs), put your foot downSPEEDUPDDown 21: Old lover, not-half 25 in the endEXTREMEDDown 22: As is a tree in five-star sporting event?BOXINGDDown 25: Super double-dotty birdGREAT