The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 1st July 2005 There are 15 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 1st July 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Top gear favoured by someFLAT CAPAAcross 1: Top gear favoured by someFLATCAPAAcross 5: First child to cotton on gets a sweetCRUMBLEAAcross 9: Boy drops money in lake, contrariwiseCOLINAAcross 10: Combine to make Disney cat twitchySYNDICATEAAcross 11: Endless walkabout: wave if one's not observing the rulesLAWBREAKERAAcross 12: A month back, penniless in old moneyLIRAAAcross 14: Straighten out daughter I roused by point of viewDISENTANGLEAAcross 18: Vowed record improperly packedOVERCROWDEDAAcross 21: Languish beside Old Glory?FLAGAAcross 22: Silver ore is mixed in the pasteSTEPHANITEAAcross 25: Nearly overact after bird set about one - a diving birdGUILLEMOTAAcross 26: Semblance of fellows, so-calledGUISEAAcross 27: Some jazz a German offers in part paymentTRADE-INAAcross 28: Thespian is taking part as keyboard exponentPIANISTDDown 1: Easy to get low marks out of 100 for EnglishFACILEDDown 2: Admits top of hanger is missingALLOWSDDown 3: "Bond without Girl" we'll have to gainsayCONTRADICTDDown 4: All over a dishPASTADDown 5: Anxious teacher said to be taken in, trickedCONCERNEDDDown 6: One prominent in the communityUNITDDown 7: You'll be lost without theseBEARINGSDDown 8: Got a rise, being promotedELEVATEDDDown 13: Joker, one who's almost a fibber, admits gravity of heartburnCARDIALGIADDown 15: 24, perhaps, catches sight of chap who's about rightSPORTSMANDDown 16: Encounter animal first - a scrap in the air?DOGFIGHTDDown 17: Tapioca he exchanged, missing nothing, for a plantHEPATICADDown 19: State car seen in Italian townRIMINIDDown 20: Man in first with biddingBEHESTDDown 23: Accommodate either wayPUT-UPDDown 24: Chilly 15?BLUE