The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 12th July 2019 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 12th July 2019. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Fine to recycle cans and wasteREFUSEAAcross 4: Locks up with this chain — orgy without clothes to tearHAIRGRIPAAcross 9: Poison a river covered by smokeCURAREAAcross 10: Telltale sign person lacking news to spread?GOSSIPERAAcross 11: Side One's ending: McCartney's hit playingMANCHESTERCITYAAcross 13: Weed in tent! Help me outHEMP NETTLEAAcross 14: Airline left India for islandBALIAAcross 16: Nasty one's after TrampMEANAAcross 18: Touching story about one that's capable of working againREPAIRABLEAAcross 21: Treatment of tooth and nerve: cure available without licenceOVER-THE-COUNTERAAcross 23: Comedy character by hotel — priest on show came downALIGHTEDAAcross 24: Go anaemic, tablets individually knocked backELAPSEAAcross 25: Remain on chair with this?HEADRESTAAcross 26: Shave head of Britney Spears balderBARBERDDown 1: Stone cut filmROCKDDown 2: Rage, holding rounds for gunFIREARMDDown 3: Team without competition to enterSARACENSDDown 5: Drink drivers taking short month off workAMONTILLADODDown 6: Holiday place with empty restaurant: stood up insideRESORTDDown 7: Copy salesman? Booze picked up by some?REPLICADDown 8: Conga? Are members forced to follow it?PARTY LINEDDown 12: High-end property? Old tree, fellers cut into sectionsEXTREMENESSDDown 13: Quack from duck below nest on wayHOMEOPATHDDown 15: Scales going up fully, needs to get trim on topPRUNELLADDown 17: Red Arrows initially came flying over independent countryAMERICADDown 19: Set of regulars to barmen: 'We pour over barrel here, perhaps'BREWPUBDDown 20: Film singer, one impressesETCHERDDown 22: Put on weight to get attentionWEAR