The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 31st July 2007 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 31st July 2007. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Suggesting face relaxedLAID-BACKAAcross 5: Opposition tricked into broadcastSHADOWAAcross 9: See 7GIVE AWAYAAcross 9: See 7GIVEAWAYAAcross 10: With oozing centre, European butterZIDANEAAcross 12: Interior lighting is on and cost's up - amount? No, be prepared!SPONTANEOUSAAcross 15: Humiliate with a thumpABASHAAcross 17: Various old marines following line in mufti, shabbyMULTIFORMAAcross 18: Squealer having framed racketeers, she shifts precious cargoOIL TANKERAAcross 19: I chewed over a boneTIBIAAAcross 20: Had Belgians (or Bengalis) turned out Asian?BANGLADESHIAAcross 24: Ludicrous car tax - this hanging round your neck?CRAVATAAcross 25: Inertia indeed?INACTIONAAcross 26: Female neighbours bringing disorderMALADYAAcross 27: Doctor set compass to find distanceESTRANGEDDown 1: Stage is left to Russian leader, under a man of lawLEGISLATORDDown 2: Sacred instrument found in bin, broken, with glue regularly appliedINVIOLABLEDDown 3: Lick around small animalBEASTDDown 4: Constant puffing - evidence of frantic cycling?CHAINSMOKINGDDown 6: Crooked Irish hat about right as penitent's garmentHAIR-SHIRTDDown 7: Easy clue - "Free meat?"DEADDDown 8: Wet potWEEDDDown 11: Silver 5 across, perhaps, joins about 50 shadesROLLERBLINDSDDown 13: See 12COMBUSTIONDDown 14: Frustration, as Bunthorne's bride introduces herselfIMPATIENCEDDown 16: Leading poet's written about love that is on the bedHEADBOARDDDown 21: Design takes month, with goldDECORDDown 22: Passage from Tosca, mainly fiddleSCAMDDown 23: Drop nothing?FALL