The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 9th July 2020 There are 13 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 9th July 2020. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Drunken rowdy lecturer dismissed on sovereign's returnLAGERLOUTAAcross 10: Secure saddle as horse sheltersLEASHAAcross 11: Official brutality exposed and condemnedTITULARAAcross 12: Drinks rum during matchesTODDIESAAcross 13: Record number of competitorsENTRYAAcross 14: Unsympathetic type, one committed to very firm courseSOCIOPATHAAcross 16: Keeping any driver from parking bum in ringside seatPEDESTRIANISINGAAcross 19: Seed for cooking oil milled by devoteeGROUNDNUTAAcross 21: Drink children fed to bird that perishedMOCHAAAcross 22: After setback, leading bank's less stablePOTTIERAAcross 23: Eg shogun's promise to surround area on both sidesWARLORDAAcross 24: Clip tail of aggressive birdSNIPEAAcross 25: Such a movement with added energy could be altogether differentLARGHETTODDown 1: One holding to line from the gospel translated by CatholicCLOTHES PEGDDown 2: Nervy old hosts backing mime artistAGITATEDDDown 3: Wind cutting through walker's wet-weather gearBROLLYDDown 4: Unopened perfume's grimDOURDDown 5: Cabinet needs this condition placed on shippingSTATECRAFTDDown 6: Happy couple in Rome crossing banks of oriental flowersGLADIOLIDDown 7: Old-fashioned mum carrying nine spinning topsMAXIMADDown 8: One particular therapy primarily for a manTHISDDown 14: Two gymnastic manoeuvres to complete course in Beijing?SPRING ROLLDDown 15: Spooner's to stay and work in garden extensivelyHIGH AND LOWDDown 17: Guard dispatched before brief communist uprisingSENTINELDDown 18: Immature island cattle ultimately eating tall grassINCHOATEDDown 20: Get the better of berk at Balliol?OUTWITDDown 21: Soggy pitch with damage on topMARSHYDDown 22: Drive husband to drink, being contraryPUSHDDown 23: Defect from regiment at last, post-conflictWART