The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 13th July 2015 There are 15 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 13th July 2015. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Land of the livingGLEBEAAcross 10: Manufacture of vital cure brings in profitsLUCRATIVEAAcross 11: Thrown into a suit caseSITUATIONAAcross 12: Dams found between Kirkcaldy and KeswickDYKESAAcross 13: Move to continue playing football, or concede defeatTHROW-INAAcross 15: Thick soup — food to the GermanCHOWDERAAcross 17: Ascended a small hill to the northRISENAAcross 18: Wood used in model-makingELMAAcross 20: Check the advance of a sick man's comebackREPELAAcross 22: Abandoned, many felt irritatedDITCHEDAAcross 25: Retribution seems in orderNEMESISAAcross 26: They store honey, rash though it may beHIVESAAcross 27: Looking shabby, he meant to reformMOTH-EATENAAcross 30: Article about doctor and prophet backing a small groupTHREESOMEAAcross 31: Cut and serve outSEVERDDown 1: Agrees about being dropped as one grows olderAGESDDown 2: Achievement sure to be written about in newspapersFEATURESDDown 3: Big game shotMEGADDown 4: Union gets a nice settlement after allALLIANCEDDown 5: Such a railway may make a fair profitSCENICDDown 6: Beat recordCARDIOGRAMDDown 7: Gave tongue, though subduedLICKEDDDown 8: City in northern France producing optical equipmentLENSDDown 13: Sorely tried and wearyTIREDDDown 14: Gunnery school?WINCHESTERDDown 16: Decides officially and draws the lineRULESDDown 19: Plucky airman of a bygone age?MINSTRELDDown 21: Definite sign of an increasePOSITIVEDDown 23: A number tucked into bird in the innTAVERNDDown 24: Mother and child in a jam?DAMSONDDown 26: Loathe articles in disorderHATEDDown 28: Yet it is difficult for busy people to take itEASYDDown 29: The average Pole or Frenchman?NORM