The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 12th July 2013 There are 16 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 12th July 2013. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Fond about boozer lacking form?AMORPHOUSAAcross 6: Important person died after arrestNABOBAAcross 9: One-time premier rankMAJORAAcross 10: Cab turned colour — setter's getting stuffedTAXIDERMYAAcross 11: Girl keeps city memory of bringing back past charactersNECROMANCYAAcross 12: It must be 19 across to work and 6 down is without itGEARAAcross 14: When across the street it may need to be wetWHISTLEAAcross 15: Faculty of moral sense lacking study?SCIENCEAAcross 17: English learnt to translate, but not in timeETERNALAAcross 19: Committed to complete wearing a gloveENGAGEDAAcross 20: Direction to top brute …EASTAAcross 22: … in opposite regionOCCIDENTALAAcross 25: Growth of scheme to be French and EnglishPLANE TREEAAcross 26: Dutch leader left crumbling cityDELFTAAcross 27: She's not quite like other womenNORMAAAcross 28: River shellfish the European finds very poor indeedEXECRABLEDDown 1: Government partly includes having to read minutesADMINDDown 2: Aim for the thing Gordius has?OBJECTIVEDDown 3: Claiming to make the sound of a hooter or small bell?PURPORTINGDDown 4: It's atrocious to urge a revoltOUTRAGEDDown 5: Hitler's bodyguard held rigorous bodily pleasuresSEXACTSDDown 6: Lacking cover, but not altogether underdressedNUDEDDown 7: Put up with nothing short of Asian islandBORNEDDown 8: Male that might be 19 acrossBOYFRIENDDDown 13: One to call boss?RINGLEADERDDown 14: At which point turned up here and now?WHEREUPONDDown 16: Cavalier heard with blunt weapon at social centreNIGHT CLUBDDown 16: Cavalier heard with blunt weapon at social centreNIGHTCLUBDDown 18: Alfalfa's fortune curtailed by an eagleLUCERNEDDown 19: Impressive story editor started to edit as a funeral odeEPICEDEDDown 21: Told to watch one's step?STAIRDDown 23: Partly full, it retains a quantity of liquidLITREDDown 24: 5 years old, about to become a star!VEGA