The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 3rd August 2018 There are 15 across clues and 19 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 3rd August 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Money problem for the shoe-dwelling old woman?OVERISSUEAAcross 10: Siege in the style of Farah?ALAMOAAcross 11: Bearing of player in the Iran-Contra affairNORTHAAcross 12: Tip of rhubarb? No, I crave tripe!CARNIVOREAAcross 13: Green Goblin initially breaks into Number 10 — Spider-man's unaffected by thisVERTIGOAAcross 14: Uri can't bend screenCURTAINAAcross 17: Grown out of Nick Park's 1993 trousers?WRONGAAcross 19: Crew finally returns from VietnamMANAAcross 20: Country ignoring church, starting to descend into sinGREEDAAcross 21: In the future city goes left, then sidewaysLATERALAAcross 22: Stop fighting when armistice really startsPOSTWARAAcross 24: Trouble in bed? Politician's nail breaksCOMPLAINTAAcross 26: Continue with German sausage roll? Not IRENEWAAcross 28: Offers to capture rebel leader and those taking flightBIRDSAAcross 29: Infamous doughnuts, with holes on the outside, eaten in North AmericaNOTORIOUSDDown 1: Ripped into eight or nine piecesTORNDDown 2: One bringing up children behind the QueenREARERDDown 3: Griffin she turned into foodFISH FINGERDDown 3: Griffin she turned into foodFISHFINGERDDown 4: Like Jack in The Shining: extremely scary - chop, chop!PSYCHODDown 5: Fuel container Tom can't use, but ___?JERRYCANDDown 6: Vehicle that carries regular team and anotherTAXIDDown 7: Spoil bag, so tea's stewedSABOTAGEDDown 8: Men's back exercise — skipping, say?ROPEDDown 13: Maybe I swear to overthrow the FrenchVOWELDDown 15: Officials arrest girls misbehaving without latitudeREGISTRARSDDown 16: Bottom of messy drainNADIRDDown 18: Take for a ride via trams?OUTSMARTDDown 19: Mmmm … I'm upset by large catsMILLIONSDDown 22: Small European bird spotted in outskirts of PraguePETITEDDown 23: Dowager welcomes knight's openingWINDOWDDown 24: Young English 8?CUBEDDown 25: Craving for flour — is it regular?LUSTDDown 27: Direction to the Guardian's streetWEST