The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 24th July 2001 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 24th July 2001. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Thanks Mr Hackman expressly for the stewTAJINEAAcross 4: Cancel return of Basque militants with former Soviet president's majorityABROGATEAAcross 9: One (new) knight's stand?ARISEAAcross 10: Makes good preservesMAINTAINSAAcross 11: Developing buds seem to have resistance under waterSUBMERSEDAAcross 12: One to cope with a husband...IDEALAAcross 13: ... rapt?PARTEXCHANGEAAcross 17: Pudding on plate slurped all over the placeAPPLESTRUDELAAcross 20: Build beams noisilyRAISEAAcross 21: No middle-aged spread for this old-timer!HOURGLASSAAcross 23: A kiss to inspire a Dickensian architectPECKSNIFFAAcross 24: Scotsman with a ***wife and a birdMACAWAAcross 25: A promenade around the isles is out of this worldPARADISEAAcross 26: A survey of NewfoundlandGANDERDDown 1: Rex scarpered, taking a month to make the crossingTRANSEPTDDown 2: A cooler turkey, perhaps, is one in the coop?JAIL BIRDDDown 2: A cooler turkey, perhaps, is one in the coop?JAILBIRDDDown 3: Grannie certainly bore one of the broodNIECEDDown 5: Maybe Pugh's an expert at the gameBLINDMAN'S BUFFDDown 6: The boat from Oxford University set offOUTRIGGERDDown 7: Stood and enduredABIDEDDDown 8: You once took Mona back... no hassle?EASILYDDown 10: Oklahoma supports gameMUSICAL CHAIRSDDown 14: Pushed out, you said?EXPRESSEDDDown 15: Lent is brought forwardADVANCEDDDown 16: A scrap of a form?CLASS WARDDown 18: Put on your warm coat and hold your tongue!WRAP UPDDown 19: New crime wave presents a poserMINCERDDown 22: A strange character is Ray, sometimesGAMMA