The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 31st July 2006 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 31st July 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Flesh I am processing as fertiliserFISH MEALAAcross 1: Flesh I am processing as fertiliserFISHMEALAAcross 5: Armed guard on old carESCORTAAcross 9: Copy cure in order to take againREOCCUPYAAcross 10: Scorching when clear on hillTORRIDAAcross 12: Normal hours worked in the meantimeAVERAGEWEEKAAcross 15: He wrote of French adversaryDEFOEAAcross 17: Leader in den with no water retiredEDITORIALAAcross 18: Try to elicit information on dough that is put on something to eatFISHPASTEAAcross 19: Hour about limit for heating unitTHERMAAcross 20: Translation of a Coptic play is outstandingAPOCALYPTICAAcross 24: Missile god put on boatSAMPANAAcross 25: Secure hold on a treeCINCHONAAAcross 26: Poem on child figure's returnSONNETAAcross 27: Child on track of soldiersINFANTRYDDown 1: Warning article on silly rigFORE-AND-AFTDDown 2: Drove fast (if returning, be quiet!) to find something to eatSMOKEDFISHDDown 3: Doctor taking tea or coffeeMOCHADDown 4: Fear of arrestAPPREHENSIONDDown 6: What wine merchants might do here?STOCKPORTDDown 7: Monster turns back thereforeOGREDDown 8: The festival season?TIDEDDown 11: Composer's unfinished share of mature reflectionDELIBERATIONDDown 13: Four in awful terror finding note on something to eatRIVERTROUTDDown 14: Vertical kind of paving is completely senseless to a cowboyPLUMBCRAZYDDown 16: Girl in speed crash finds a way to walkESPLANADEDDown 21: I say! How disgusting a plant!YUCCADDown 22: Flower with a double life?ISISDDown 23: No male person found in the GulfOMAN