The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 3rd July 2015 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 3rd July 2015. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Teach girl cooking, with little responseLETHARGICAAcross 6: Aspect of Spain no fiction's written aboutFACETAAcross 9: Enthusiastic, by Colman's standard?ASKEENASMUSTARDAAcross 10: Nurse is mean, though not at homeTENDAAcross 11: Judge again accepts servicemen's official recordREGISTRYAAcross 14: Disadvantaged lions suffering painful afflictionLOSINGOUTAAcross 15: Mature guards about to reach the same conclusionAGREEAAcross 16: Section of scenic headland appealing to small groupNICHEAAcross 18: Person troubling troops trapped between rocky heightsTORMENTORAAcross 20: Wide brooks bordering South DownsSWALLOWSAAcross 21: Leader sacked in current breachRIFTAAcross 25: Indian descent possibly of little consequenceADROPINTHEOCEANAAcross 26: Queen eats fish — it could be getting her downEIDERAAcross 27: Article on "name" in financial centre's rejected as inauthenticSYNTHETICDDown 1: Extremely likeable worker tippedLEANTDDown 2: Collection cheers Cambridge collegeTAKINGSDDown 3: Top primate given crossAPEXDDown 4: Something provoking adult in Rover's Return?GOADDDown 5: Critique's evasive about male intellectual changing sidesCOMMENTARYDDown 6: Smitten rook dropped in far distance, flutteringFASCINATEDDDown 7: Ship that could prevent schooner making its mark?COASTERDDown 8: Derby date produced a favourite among three-year-oldsTEDDY BEARDDown 12: Invader mounted soldiers cut off in BuryINTERLOPERDDown 13: Brief respite as kick finally breaks long run of victoriesFORTY WINKSDDown 14: Constable, eg, delivers father held up in churchLANDSCAPEDDown 17: Cleaned house superficially affected by fireCHARREDDDown 19: Audible attempt to reduce effectiveness of missileTRIDENTDDown 22: Stimulant at bottom of scale?TONICDDown 23: Unconvincing philosophy with no place for kingTHINDDown 24: Up-market shop trashedPOSH