The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 1st August 2018 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 1st August 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: Help turned into helping wavesRADIATIONAAcross 8: Channel something heard wellSOUNDAAcross 9: A moonlit romance ultimately makes one thusEMOTIONALAAcross 10: Declared 48 hours before D-day, what makes privates presentableBIDETAAcross 12: Going nowhere in commercial breakADRIFTAAcross 13: Those against accepting defeat are in the soupCROUTONSAAcross 14: Some Laurel and Hardy finally in a fable that's been rewrittenBAY LEAFAAcross 17: Decide about a city in the USSEATTLEAAcross 20: The next sound as well is a birdCOCKATOOAAcross 22: Small dog locker with doubled topCOCKERAAcross 24: Start off continent expeditionHASTEAAcross 25: What covers essay by learner is foundESTABLISHAAcross 26: Flinch from overflow in cesspitWINCEAAcross 27: Had search party status evaluated externallyPOSSESSEDDDown 1: Cultivated member ate outFARMEDDDown 2: Poor hearing, when one is in the windMISTRIALDDown 3: All-out extremely tight sumo wrestlingUTMOSTDDown 4: Leaves to set up taxi firmTOBACCODDown 5: Then compete and start to turn redSOVIETDDown 6: Fiendish foxtrot gives way to tango from withinINTERNALDDown 11: See 16DOTEDDown 15: A dreamer with no name is fragrantAROMATICDDown 16: Fancy diet not a cureANTIDDown 18: Credit slip uncovered: don't say a word — it's sensitiveTICKLISHDDown 19: Sun now, then rainMONSOONDDown 21: 18 not 51, may be vulgarKITSCHDDown 22: Harsh lectures to the audienceCOARSEDDown 23: Evenly and softly to begin with, that's right: not so hardEASIER