The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 26th July 2018 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 26th July 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Sort of gun in story by right bugger?LISTENERAAcross 9: Journalist's rubbish papers English rejectedEDITORAAcross 10: Guardian with head of state, one on horse?USERAAcross 11: 24 boy taken in by devil is wickedILL-ADVISEDAAcross 12: Support many steady moves to cross roadTEAANDAAcross 14: See 12SYMPATHYAAcross 15: What Newgate is for DickensOLD NICKAAcross 17: Inactive and without colour, having caught coldEXTINCTAAcross 20: A learner admitted to periodical study in Oxford collegeMAGDALENAAcross 22: Two lots of gold rings extremely tough for creatorAUTHORAAcross 23: Small chap, following big road over the hill, ran badlyMISMANAGEDAAcross 24: Outbreak of terror as hostage's grabbedRASHAAcross 25: I appreciate that Hollywood actor wants the Order of MeritTHANKSAAcross 26: Bow before short performance by American 2ARCTURUSDDown 1: Neglect odd parts of poem, lines showing blunder with wordsMISSPELLDDown 2: Ace intro for sales pitchSTARDDown 3: For Les Bleus, a victory followed by day to chill outUNWINDDDown 4: Simple man's abandoned without pityARTLESSDDown 5: Material for building awfully dreamy team upREADY-MIXDDown 6: Note celebrities eschewing ostentationMINIMALISTDDown 7: Saintly carpenter's record breaking banterJOSEPHDDown 13: Girl with old party skirt's accompaniment for date?ANNO DOMINIDDown 16: Person taking land cut kind of irrigation, by the wayCOLONISTDDown 18: Strike through ball from the wing, like a strikerCROSS OUTDDown 19: Articles with weight showing what litotes is for TS Eliot?ANAGRAMDDown 21: Settle a match, perhapsALIGHTDDown 22: 10 to do arithmetic with new technology?ADDICTDDown 24: Thrash troublemaker's bottom in the openROUT