The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 17th July 2018 There are 16 across clues and 12 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 17th July 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Governor took place in parliament, talking rhythmicallySATRAPAAcross 5: Flowery death met with honour in pastBLOSSOMYAAcross 9: Fish to go off course, one no good getting caughtSTINGRAYAAcross 10: Fellow who preaches in a Dartmoor location?TREVORAAcross 11: Mate getting into top positionOPPOAAcross 12: Man's snored dreadfully — feature of irregular noiseRANDOMNESSAAcross 13: Any girl, sadly, won't want one bent like an old manGNARLYAAcross 14: Soldiers in each group will get legal rightEASEMENTAAcross 16: Person admitting deficiency, right person to knock on doorBLACKRODAAcross 19: Attack that's kept quiet or loud?FLASHYAAcross 21: Majority that's associated with a bit of pride?LIONSSHAREAAcross 23: My word, a hospital that helps sick children!GOSHAAcross 24: Run a sequence of jobsCAREERAAcross 25: Race around holding letter finally found at back of study in a cupboardCREDENZAAAcross 26: Group having to deal with a letter?TENANTRYAAcross 27: Mockery making one Christian organisation wearySATIREDDown 2: Dish me up Latinate ten? Such is X!ANTEPENULTIMATEDDown 3: Hostility must be managed on playing area, curtailedRANCOURDDown 4: Artist shows doorkeeper holding light pencilPORTRAYERDDown 5: What's almost too difficult for church singerBEYONCEDDown 6: Trump's unacceptable actOUTDODDown 7: Bone in back — er, it's one at the front!STERNUMDDown 8: Electronic music device that could make rest home so zingyMOOGSYNTHESIZERDDown 15: Chemical agents more frequently carried by shipSOFTENERSDDown 17: Tin and lead fused in scientific unitCANDELADDown 18: Avoiding professional expertise to conceal cunning government styleDIARCHYDDown 20: Increase of good chaps in a union after upheavalAUGMENTDDown 22: Support belief son will rise to the topSTRUT