The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 27th July 2011 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 27th July 2011. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Rule about part of tube that goes undergroundSUBWAYAAcross 4: Swindle repelled in country by alien of posh characterUPMARKETAAcross 9: Hidden person running religious businessOCCULTAAcross 10: Separate gases from magic herb in exotic teasATMOLYSEAAcross 11: Sedative for bird that's breached order to put note into singerPHENOBARBITONEAAcross 13: Different artist left single girl to instincts going the other wayDISSIMILARAAcross 14: Tendency of footballer to have swapped poles with one in 8BENTAAcross 16: Substitute for bad habit?VICEAAcross 18: A beast or two going round deserted village with low frequencyTIMBER WOLFAAcross 21: Invisible writer backs my way with quote turning into cesspoolSYMPATHETICINKAAcross 23: Sailor finds worthy folk a lot to stomachABOMASUMAAcross 24: Style with ornament or otherwise with 2 2s?ROCOCOAAcross 25: The Spanish sheep have tangled hairELFLOCKSAAcross 26: Speculation about the sick getting lodgingBILLETDDown 1: Try to get warmer than swarm?SHOTDDown 2: Audible supporters of deity?BACCHUSDDown 3: Lost land last carved up without objectorATLANTISDDown 5: Land amid a lot of stones: it was chronicled by PotterPETERRABBITDDown 6: Exemplar of beauty, a tonic when evil turns upADONISDDown 7: Surgery that's transparent when unoccupied?KEYHOLEDDown 8: Ironic wish for food — eating shrub's rubbish, concealing go-slow among detectives and pupilTHEBESTOFDDown 12: See 8BRITISHLUCKDDown 13: Destroy pictures of Hindu deityDEVASTATEDDown 15: Vegetable for Manx badger with species of bacteriumBROCCOLIDDown 17: Be substituted and succeed — it follows with scepticismCOME OFFDDown 19: Bird covering north Indian region, 1 down in the 22 with the 22?OWN GOALDDown 20: Attempted to be hard on a rude LatinHADAGODDown 22: Party leader once on the ball?FOOT