The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 8th July 2014 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 8th July 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Hospital gets distinction and with time gets reverenceHOMAGEAAcross 4: Programs for waste regenerationSOFTWAREAAcross 9: Show senseSIGHTAAcross 10: Clergyman promises to be acting for anotherVICARIOUSAAcross 11: Spoil menu stupidly and thoughtlesslyONIMPULSEAAcross 12: Burn running through housing estateSINGEAAcross 13: I had been taken in by hint of browbeatingINTIMIDATIONAAcross 17: Choose to enter beach's basin — it's well keptSPICK-AND-SPANAAcross 20: Woman shelters a dead duckEVADEAAcross 21: Begin to speak about independent spiritORIGINATEAAcross 23: Collecting corps' soldiers during battleACCRETIONAAcross 24: Teacher losing maiden's flowerASTERAAcross 25: Making impervious tiles after initial postponementPROOFINGAAcross 26: Sibyl and Edward become angrySEE REDDDown 1: Goulash so rich it is celebratedHISTORICDDown 2: Artist's friend retains determinationMAGRITTEDDown 3: Clothes standGET UPDDown 3: Clothes standGETUPDDown 5: Arrangement for that crooner is dreadfulORCHESTRATIONDDown 6: Writhe on crumbling doorstepTHRESHOLDDDown 7: Full value of a horseAMOUNTDDown 8: Followed girl, within reasonENSUEDDDown 10: Star US student, prudish when gulping beer downVALEDICTORIANDDown 14: Plan by the French page for a national emblemMAPLE-LEAFDDown 15: Shower drops on small dishSPLATTERDDown 16: Finished receiving attention and charmedENDEAREDDDown 18: Edward caught tucking into dripping in desertDECAMPDDown 19: Oscar supports largely tactless cowboyGAUCHODDown 22: Raider losing copper is angryIRATE