The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 1st July 2020 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 1st July 2020. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Labourer's assistant could be so deviousUNDERHANDAAcross 6: Believe house comes with vacant groundsHOLDAAcross 8: Switching on Apple with new version of officeOPEN-PLANAAcross 9: Hail lovely groundVOLLEYAAcross 10: Wretched old Tory right-wingers holding backDREARYAAcross 11: Excitedly anticipating a modest backingAFLUTTERAAcross 12: Dodge RowRACKETAAcross 15: Lofty's 'prior use' rumpusSUPERIORAAcross 16: Place vessels around large plotLAYPLANSAAcross 19: Board's on edge?RESIDEAAcross 21: Dancing rumba without a singer for protectionUMBRELLAAAcross 22: A zek or tsar with wings clipped, backing coupSTROKEAAcross 24: Soak vessel and put backRETURNAAcross 25: Pence's 'thing'? Just a little bitPARTICLEAAcross 26: 'Earth', the artist saidCLAYAAcross 27: That's how pie ceremony reveals a fine specimenSHOWPIECEDDown 1: Stimulant blows head off drinker!UPPERDDown 2: Working men in Black CountryDENMARKDDown 3: Very last of troupe to quit demonstrationRALLYDDown 4: Old reports about Ursula's first bloomersANNUALSDDown 5: Lee proved to be sporting photographer's solutionDEVELOPERDDown 6: Colt might be secured by this composer, on reflectionHOLSTERDDown 7: One-time superior European city with lake by old roadLIEGE LORDDDown 13: Warning: a large branch by our cartoonistALARM BELLDDown 14: Rigid principles for the running of public transportTRAMLINESDDown 17: Exercise right to sit on panel — that's a crimePERJURYDDown 18: Start to smoke joint and smell clean hairSHAMPOODDown 20: Mass association of king and clergy member shortly in church area?SERVICEDDown 22: One leaves the old governor's bandSTRAPDDown 23: Sort of boomerang likely to lose line and deviateKYLIE