The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 21st July 2017 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 21st July 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: These people in set, facing rogue, avengedTHEMAGNIFICENTAAcross 8: See 1SEVENAAcross 9: Admonishing slap here — ow! — for a change, I hypothesiseTHEORISTAAcross 11: A very short distance to track one's initial letterOMICRONAAcross 12: Direction taken from A Man with Razor, cut around snoutTOBACCOAAcross 13: Strip left zilch to imagination (sniggering at the back)THONGAAcross 15: Year One singled out for concessionsYIELDINGSAAcross 17: Went back up tree, say, where children play with branchesRECLIMBEDAAcross 20: Animal groups lecturer and academician meet at back of pub yardPHYLAAAcross 21: Those held most dear live in a homeNEARESTAAcross 23: Dealing with discord in ranks?ALIGNEDAAcross 25: Plunge nervously taken together with TV show stopperVENTPLUGAAcross 26: Equal chance of gibe (just one) from Gavin Williamson?AFAIRAAcross 27: See 26CRACKOFTHEWHIPDDown 1: Analyst nails big time with a "male" productTESTOSTERONEDDown 2: "… and they all lived happily ever after"?ENVOIDDown 3: Having undergone changes one rang in 1954 for Queen Elizabeth the Third!ANNOREGNIDDown 4: Given bar tabs, you'll craftily showNOTONLYDDown 5: Want means he left daughter destituteFEELTHEDDown 6: Zero sugar, say, coating chocolate substituteCAROBDDown 7: Coke tin framed by doyens off the wallNOSE CANDYDDown 10: Outside ground depart to catch a noon carriageHORSEANDTRAPDDown 14: Annual scrambling race on fringes of courseONCEAYEARDDown 16: Double up refashioning citadel wallsDUPLICATEDDown 18: See 4BUTALSODDown 19: See 5DRAUGHTDDown 22: Blade that struggles to cut edgesESTOCDDown 24: Poet's unworthy of town in South WalesNEATH