The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 31st July 2014 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 31st July 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Red Book's dosh distributed, when dividing swagBLOODSHOTAAcross 6: Try to gain entry to an old Greek competitionAGONAAcross 10: It's hard to recall ingredients of country remedyEMERYAAcross 11: It's beaten — Good Heavens! — with spiritBONGO DRUMAAcross 12: Exercise time, though taking a quick look over one's shoulder?KEEPFITAAcross 13: Restrict inmate, given punishmentCONFINEAAcross 14: Like the film Roxanne? It's central to the plotFEATURELENGTHAAcross 17: Scrooge's way so very old and slow, not quite retiredNIGGARDLINESSAAcross 21: Live by appearing earlyBETIMESAAcross 22: Confined, I'd say — back behind bars?CAGEDINAAcross 24: Plain covers turning green in first classSERENGETIAAcross 25: Blame president coming off stageODIUMAAcross 26: Giving up not very unusual food shopDELIAAcross 27: The threat of bad anger managementDANGERMANDDown 1: Split balls — harsh sounds heardBREAK OFFDDown 1: Split balls — harsh sounds heardBREAKOFFDDown 2: Flower springing up out of nothing — the old rootsOXEYEDDown 3: Daughter's unbridled joy augmented when fellow's pulled in World's EndDAY OF JUDGEMENTDDown 4: Shouting about rather regular customerHABITUEDDown 5: Occupying sizeable area, a centre for rehabilitationTENACREDDown 7: A debtor's last crime arises, when something's clarified about it — he's been warnedGARNISHEEDDown 8: Song sung with not so much feelingNUMBERDDown 9: It's said to signal the dying moments for a lotGOINGGOINGGONEDDown 15: Baking, two of you get real tan like thisAU NATURELDDown 16: An heir, perhaps, to call up all togetherASONEMANDDown 18: Bowled out, top of the order went quicklyATSPEEDDDown 19: In this speech, one would have to be included as a tokenDICTIONDDown 20: Ill-treated, one's no good between the sheetsABUSEDDDown 23: Sitting in solitude is my beliefDEISM