The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 2nd July 2014 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 2nd July 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Shift operative time of sportsman's appointmentBACKDATEAAcross 5: Husband in novelist's latest yarn recoils in horrorAGHASTAAcross 9: Charmer? More vexed hosts cheer when he's goneSORCERERAAcross 10: Ten with hip complaint, all coming togetherINFLUXAAcross 12: In Rome I love old Latin sparkling wineAMONTILLADOAAcross 15: Harry keeps home functioningDOINGAAcross 17: Put small stone inside to make a crackling soundCREPITATEAAcross 18: Aunts et al badly treated in Muslim autocracySULTANATEAAcross 19: Respond to order "about turn"REACTAAcross 20: Line of French reservists invading lyceumDECOLLETAGEAAcross 24: Tablet's coating causing harm in mouthPLAQUEAAcross 25: Sole diversion at island welcomed by coppersPATIENCEAAcross 26: Present set back left-winger after payment of taxTENDERAAcross 27: Arch over seat accommodating two leaders in trialSTRADDLEDDown 1: Corrupt doctor's transport parked in depotBASTARDISEDDown 2: Pocketing raised offer, my character's liable to deteriorateCORRODIBLEDDown 3: Lived with carnal thoughts upping temperatureDWELTDDown 4: Choir's situation shortly after chorister finds better optionTREBLECHANCEDDown 6: Canal worker, one doomed to carry fallen idol?GONDOLIERDDown 7: Well absolutely emptyABLYDDown 8: Old mate featured in Times passageTEXTDDown 11: Tablet walker crunched for aftersBAKEWELLTARTDDown 13: Exotic dancer in possession of a vehicle took touring holidayCARAVANNEDDDown 14: Observer's outlook sees very little about the year changingWEATHER EYEDDown 16: Noble old lady died, owing about a thousandGRAND DUKEDDown 21: US graduate overlooked climbing plantERICADDown 22: Strikes up a bit of an argumentSPATDDown 23: Large bird with down cutSAWN