The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 27th July 2012 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 27th July 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Cast a stone in DevonSEATONAAcross 4: Those with a twitch as a leitmotif?THEMATICAAcross 9: Good scope for a crafty move?GAMBITAAcross 10: Impractical person who rigged sail in rough tide?IDEALISTAAcross 11: Collision course?CRASH PROGRAMMEAAcross 13: For each family member to be entirely unknown as an individualPERSONALLYAAcross 14: Pagan god carried by carthorse?THORAAcross 16: Sin for which diplomat has nothing to loseENVYAAcross 18: Mint for a girl and two boysPENNYROYALAAcross 21: Is it caused by a thing that goes bump?DISTURBEDNIGHTAAcross 23: Other than a lion — perhaps something less concreteNOTIONALAAcross 24: Fermented grapes and rolled tobaccoGASPERAAcross 25: Who classically breaks a horse but a noble French lady?MARQUISEAAcross 26: Fay produces old and new worksWELDONDDown 1: Pudding might do as a starter, we're toldSAGODDown 2: Lover madly married …ADMIRERDDown 3: … failing in duty beyond loveOMISSIONDDown 5: Extremely heavy fall over inland Spain that skimmed waterHYDROPLANEDDDown 6: Many a bore is barrenMEAGREDDown 7: One in ruff, hard to overcomeTRIUMPHDDown 8: Church performance to lead chartCATHEDRALDDown 12: Help to worship unlikely to be spread by earPRAYER BEADSDDown 13: Afterthought proper to turn up on my return, having assumed titlePSEUDONYMDDown 15: Reading a publication from the gutter?DRAINAGEDDown 17: Take a chair after six or one may not stayVISITORDDown 19: Unknown party leader fell in like a fork in the roadY-SHAPEDDDown 20: Union leader gets kudos for solving a puzzleSUDOKUDDown 22: Lawrence lost a shoestring and got the birdWREN