The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 27th July 2015 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 27th July 2015. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Tied up at work acquiring skillAPTITUDEAAcross 5: Just one of them is perfectTENSESAAcross 9: Using new enclosure initially for birdsPENGUINSAAcross 10: Dad having lost her, I get mum to find herFATIMAAAcross 12: Actor's instruction to play As You Like It?AD-LIBAAcross 13: Dressed — or nude and naturalUNADORNEDAAcross 14: Fisherman who does will be more pleased than the boatmanCATCHESACRABAAcross 18: Wholly dedicated to remaining unmarried?SINGLE-MINDEDAAcross 21: Tiredness affected the inhabitantsRESIDENTSAAcross 23: Sliding calculatorADDERAAcross 24: He composed music to support RN vesselBRAHMSAAcross 25: Whacked a lazy so-and-soDEADBEATAAcross 26: Gloomy feature in arid surroundingsDREARYAAcross 27: Courses for beginnersSTARTERSDDown 1: How's that for charm?APPEALDDown 2: Contend with an involved situationTANGLEDDown 3: It's extremely handy for this sort of sketchTHUMBNAILDDown 4: Conclusion is to include North Carolina in the criticismDENOUNCEMENTDDown 6: Uplifting holy books are an inspiration to poetsERATODDown 7: Spiders and flies?SPINNERSDDown 8: Is ready and gives supportSTANDSBYDDown 11: Introduce objectives to live within one's incomeMAKEENDSMEETDDown 15: A great man in historyALEXANDERDDown 16: Gave credit to writer in the present eraASCRIBEDDDown 17: Anxious when visiting America?INASTATEDDown 19: Stick unusually hard with twice the initial efficiencyADHEREDDown 20: Soldiers holding deserter without chargeGRATISDDown 22: Object is for doctor to take in bird unable to flyDEMUR