The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 22nd July 2014 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 22nd July 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Flier shot firearm, blindRIFLEMAN BIRDAAcross 8: Not wholly uncorked wine, perhaps, is unusually like hard workOPEROSEAAcross 9: Increase length of timeSTRETCHAAcross 11: Arundel crumbling into Wash?LAUNDERAAcross 12: Dinner, maybe, with no starter, involving bird with no endETERNALAAcross 13: Come to pan Spain and NorwayWOKENAAcross 14: Musicians' dosh reportedly censoredBRASS BANDAAcross 16: Alarming disclosure of beautyBOMBSHELLAAcross 19: Submission to no-good people of social standingENTRYAAcross 21: Craftsperson's fruit keeps men rightLORIMERAAcross 23: Returned, say, to die, say, in HellGEHENNAAAcross 24: Right to agitate about type of cupSTIRRUPAAcross 25: Interval with money invested in annuity schemeTONTINEAAcross 26: Medical expert to sprout in wet season? On the contraryBRAIN SURGEONDDown 1: Animal turning king to solid goldROEBUCKDDown 2: Little person brought up to adopt peculiar name — Battle?FLODDENDDown 3: Loathsome river water-dweller gets article in Paris MatchEXECRABLEDDown 4: Beer is consumed in passagewayAISLEDDown 5: Former magistrate drives into empty busBURGESSDDown 6: Barrel in middle of road smashed into buildingROTUNDADDown 7: LA district (but not "hood"), clad in stones, generates queasy feelingCOLLYWOBBLESDDown 10: Random swipe catches smelly touristHOLIDAYMAKERDDown 15: Snapper of everyone on list soldier's drawn upALLIGATORDDown 17: Like the more when more inebriated?MERRIERDDown 18: Fighters concocting a tiramisu? Forget it!SAMURAIDDown 19: Improve space beside Chinese churchENHANCEDDown 20: Fraught atmosphere generated by headless 25sTENSIONDDown 22: What experts know — their onions?ROPES