The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 26th July 2007 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 26th July 2007. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Film part backing Labour includes PenelopeSOMELIKEITHOTAAcross 10: Church, otherwise a football clubCHELSEAAAcross 11: One of the care providers?TEACHERAAcross 12: Grahame's irritable characterRATTYAAcross 13: Metal found in mud deposit round Russian riverDURALUMINAAcross 14: Medieval cup in auction fetching less than a poundHANAPAAcross 16: What fanatics do to get support where it all comes outBRAINWASHAAcross 18: No one returns from the wilderness - it may mean a court martialDESERTIONAAcross 19: Condition of the countrySTATEAAcross 20: Distributors of magazine itemsARTILLERYAAcross 23: Family put into the street with no moneySKINTAAcross 24: Figure, one short in the armsTRANGLEAAcross 25: Fear that's for nothing but a dogTERRIERAAcross 26: Shit stablemen swept up for the great and the goodESTABLISHMENTDDown 2: Frank people with subtle implicationsOVERTONESDDown 3: Writing speech on South AfricaESSAYDDown 4: Goat takes off head of reptileIZARDDDown 5: I rent a net to play at fêteENTERTAINDDown 6: Court divisionsTRAMLINESDDown 7: Celtic runes discovered in Omagh disasterOGHAMDDown 8: Global warming policy?SCORCHEDEARTHDDown 9: Measures against newcomers by European landlordsFRENCHLETTERSDDown 15: Bush's problem of failed goal in Caribbean gulfPARALOGIADDown 16: Old NickBRIDEWELLDDown 17: A vehicle India designed for a miteACARIDIANDDown 21: Signs of distress about rentsTEARSDDown 22: Writer's reflection in Kent riverYATESDDown 23: See Salvation Army gets drinkSARUM