The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 27th July 2017 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 27th July 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: A blast this, room shelled in sound of mild explosionATISHOOAAcross 5: Change round model of Oxford and Cambridge, say?VARSITYAAcross 10: Islanders detailed?MANXAAcross 11: Agents placing ewe initially with most beautiful ram?EMISSARIESAAcross 12: More than one runner smuggling French fags heads for rowing boatsSKIFFSAAcross 13: Ultimately cynicism in fashion, a typically British affairCREAMTEAAAcross 14: Provided accepted by House, chairman welcomes published statement of intentMANIFESTOAAcross 16: Dull grey panSLATEAAcross 17: See 22SWIFTAAcross 19: Where a foot may be including diameter, doubly confusedINAMUDDLEAAcross 23: In extremes of torment, Spacey furious, given predictable rolesTYPECASTAAcross 24: Abomination of a clue, Paul's first to get the boot!LACE UPAAcross 26: Pasta in Italy beyond peak, report followsTORTELLINIAAcross 27: See 7EGGSAAcross 28: Fine poem about wife punching nosePOWDERYAAcross 29: See 7ONTOASTDDown 2: Saved by cat from Sri Lanka, Tom cheersTHANKSADDown 3: Beating the Foxes is difficult, with investment of billions then ending in regretSIXOFDDown 4: Run done prior to dateOVERSEEDDown 6: Novelist, antipodean figure?AUSTENDDown 7: Possible breakfast gems, cold bangers damaged your health, perhaps?SCRAMBLEDDDown 8: See 3THEBESTDDown 9: Artist touring English principalityLIECHTENSTEINDDown 15: Changed, fifty pestilent housesINFLECTEDDDown 18: Country supporting method that's great in AmericaWAYTOGODDown 20: See 2MILLIONDDown 21: Lies about opposition leader suppressed by attacking movesLOUNGESDDown 22: A flirty swot, bubbly singerTAYLORDDown 25: Belief in sacred ordersCREDO