The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 15th July 2011 There are 17 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 15th July 2011. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Four, minus our two points, equals the bottom numberFEWESTAAcross 4: See 17MONSTERAAcross 9: 29-land's oathDAMNATIONAAcross 10: God, victorious leader in a branch of IslamSHIVAAAcross 11: Old fool defaced catOUNCEAAcross 12: Where talk may be cheap, laugh out loud about the state of Hollywood, doubled upLOCAL CALLAAcross 13: Time locks securing home into which one might vanishTHIN AIRAAcross 15: False sense of security disheartened rabbit protecting warren, ultimately, and the others outside trapped by frog …BUNKERAAcross 17: … whose friend notices more new cages acceptableCOOKIEAAcross 19: Warped members, say, blocking gameBOW LEGSAAcross 19: Warped members, say, blocking gameBOWLEGSAAcross 22: Discover pickles in car seatASCERTAINAAcross 24: Relative of the weasel even more outrageous?OTTERAAcross 26: See 29IN-LAWAAcross 27: See 15MENTALITYAAcross 28: More than one holiday destination makes further arrangements?RESORTSAAcross 29: 2 8 — funny sort of joke!MOTHERDDown 1: Dying sound causing clairvoyant scepticism, when heardFADE OUTDDown 1: Dying sound causing clairvoyant scepticism, when heardFADEOUTDDown 2: Western country discovering Hamlet's frailty?WOMANDDown 3: Lick, in message from the lips, for an out-of-this-world experienceSPACE WALKDDown 3: Lick, in message from the lips, for an out-of-this-world experienceSPACEWALKDDown 4: Caribbean island cancelling party, book taxiMINICABDDown 5: Nosy people into rocket science, fiftyNASALDDown 6: Asian flag in East Indian capital, flutteringTAIWANESEDDown 7: Jolly ambience's ending, entering meetingREALLYDDown 8: Mass murderer punched ballerina in the midriffHITLERDDown 14: Is shape close? Equilateral? Scalene? A little of each — or the other!ISOSCELESDDown 16: Lift a lid to poke something proverbially soused, round vegetableNEWPOTATODDown 18: Totals are up for old scholarERASMUSDDown 19: First of broken articles, might one be split?BANANADDown 20: Its output fine speech initially, then supplicationSPRAYERDDown 21: Grace, I suspect, is more carefulCAGIERDDown 23: One shouting furiously for sportsmanROWERDDown 25: Finally, skirt hitched up, perhaps — so this revealed?THIGH