The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 24th July 2014 There are 16 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 24th July 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: Knocking gets back "Hello, sailor"? Just the oppositeRAT-A-TATAAcross 7: Knocking gets back "Hello, sailor"? Just the oppositeRATATATAAcross 8: CV a university briefly chewed over without reference to anything elseIN VACUOAAcross 9: Amongst friends in Gabon, departs for SwedenAMIDAAcross 10: King argued with a prince's backing for preparatory drudgerySPADEWORKAAcross 12: Quiet and noble type, one of great worthPEARLAAcross 13: "Dangerous women" are words often repeated by priests on vacationMANTRAPSAAcross 15: Something armour-plated and brown looking, essentiallyTANKAAcross 16: Day at Georgia golf clubWEDGEAAcross 17: Kind of snout, extremely yellow on the insideSORTAAcross 18: Hope lad's working in plantASPHODELAAcross 20: Sailor with alias in Asian cityOSAKAAAcross 21: Remove impurity in trifle?FILTER OUTAAcross 22: Stops goalsENDSAAcross 24: Resistance level once 80% below 500? That's approximateROUNDEDAAcross 25: Fungal growth left by old cherryMORELLODDown 1: Old woman this setter's hurtMAIMDDown 2: Rescuers on the way to see rescue ship find one of first pair listed for saving?AARDVARKDDown 3: Mothers the Spanish lady who's in distressDAMSELDDown 4: Painter needlessly includes one in confinement …INTERNEEDDown 5: … for this work?LABOURDDown 6: Hide fortune, making run for CubaLURKDDown 11: A right crazy one? LOL! Crazy one of a number hiding around hereARMADILLODDown 12: Those carrying babies in pregnancy, reminded as morning sickness startsPRAMSDDown 14: Source of prosciutto supplied by mail, say?PARMADDown 16: Showing great surprise on hearing reason for deathWIDE-EYEDDDown 17: Ben's height is measured relative to this Cork daredevil bikerSEA-LEVELDDown 19: Spartan/Trojan adult femaleHELENADDown 20: Month before French king gets tax on goods brought into townOCTROIDDown 21: Beginning at the start of false memoryFROMDDown 23: Lecturer to top up pickle ingredientDILL