The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 20th July 2020 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 20th July 2020. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: Report on economic success indicates it's a joke!BOOMBOOMAAcross 9: You got me to put note around that hurtTOUCHEAAcross 10: Spoon out extreme bits found in nasal cavitySNOTAAcross 11: Routine bureaucratic approach with a potentially explosive package?BOXTICKINGAAcross 12: Serbians detest commerce? At heart, I don't careBITEMEAAcross 14: Again catalogues begrudgers rejecting societyREENTERSAAcross 15: Poet and wife killerWHITMANAAcross 17: Elastic band stuck in clockSPRINGYAAcross 20: Foreign office accountant caught spies forging Italian productFOCACCIAAAcross 22: Nothing is shown by glib sort of languagePATOISAAcross 23: Faust's bind is desperate, with many reservationsIFSANDBUTSAAcross 24: Record overseas resident returning when vote is lostTAPEAAcross 25: Army prisoner restraint is missing lower endLEGIONAAcross 26: Putting together orchestral opening as interlude for musicalLIONKINGDDown 1: Not so old housing collapsed after yearYOUNGISHDDown 2: Some men use these tips for titillationSMUTDDown 3: Working stiff from HaitiZOMBIEDDown 4: Start playing in attack when winningSTRIKE UPDDown 5: Terrible tickle in chest — do this before you die!BUCKET LISTDDown 6: Eye damage from sun, perhapsSHINERDDown 8: They like being with people and often lift spiritsMIXERSDDown 13: Auntie has a concoction that puts one to sleepEUTHANASIADDown 16: West's leader becoming a calamity?ACCIDENTDDown 18: Complaining about president is excitingGRIPPINGDDown 19: Being careless is responsible for United getting relegatedCASUALDDown 21: Compensation for travelling groupOFFSETDDown 22: Toilet break after surgeryPOSTOPDDown 24: Trouser part of Greek attire is raisedTAKE