The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 22nd July 2020 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 22nd July 2020. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Sign, say, over vehicleGEMINIAAcross 4: Park employee called King Edward?RANGERAAcross 9: Work away, almost leisurely, to get a lot of moneySLOGAAcross 10: Denouncer's unorthodox antics 'cool'ICONOCLASTAAcross 11: Bit of a mishap: Grand Canal emptied and burningGLITCHAAcross 12: Pull back, being a much-travelled characterGULLIVERAAcross 13: Energy-packed NCO materialCORPOREALAAcross 15: World title cracked by amateurMARSAAcross 16: Don Juan's undone and missing a godly partnerJUNOAAcross 17: Qualifier, Jet, overwhelmed with adviceADJECTIVEAAcross 21: Trials take place here shortly — one has to be stillINACTIVEAAcross 22: For example, Sebastian Drive, backing onto ancient city (not eastern)MARTYRAAcross 24: Pioneer father secures source of hieroglyphic discoveryPATHFINDERAAcross 25: Greens getting a conspicuous starVEGAAAcross 26: Roger, protected by criminal, arrives at low pointTROUGHAAcross 27: Alarm — time to put on slipTERRORDDown 1: Inquisition victim, young woman associated with international signGALILEODDown 2: Force could, possiblyMIGHTDDown 3: In no case loose the reinNEITHERDDown 5: God represented by parrot wearing a ringAPOLLODDown 6: Impertinence shown by terrible old ruler — time to run aroundGALLIVANTDDown 7: Artist, British actor and, finally, Francis BaconRASHERSDDown 8: Crude hooligan, Desperate Dan, has cashROUGH-AND-READYDDown 14: Obvious liar about to cut Chopin composition, Zeus's loverPINOCCHIODDown 16: Vessel on which folk duo member found objects of rubbishJUNKARTDDown 18: Term wasted with eel that's prone to diseaseELM TREEDDown 19: Drake versus duck with a grey cast?VOYAGERDDown 20: Marauding type of short woman married to rulerVIKINGDDown 23: Dog collar's hem old parson turned up?ROVER