The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 31st July 2020 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 31st July 2020. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Rich source, fish served with last drops of sardine oilEL DORADOAAcross 8: Rich source, fish served with last drops of sardine oilELDORADOAAcross 9: Stick securing old, hollowed out puppetPOODLEAAcross 10: Fish, a freak doing the backstroke?TUNAAAcross 11: In death, evoke praiseFELICITATEAAcross 12: OK to put away bed and lie around?EDIBLEAAcross 14: Two things smoked, queer fishCRACKPOTAAcross 15: My Lord has invested currency — big fishGRANDEEAAcross 17: Deep, deep fishSEA BASSAAcross 20: Fish good with two fishGRAYLINGAAcross 22: See 21WINKLEAAcross 23: Croatian boxers reportedly bringing carpSPLITHAIRSAAcross 24: Stonefish?ROCKAAcross 25: Fish not a sausage male's thrown backMARLINAAcross 26: Transport used on street, most reliableSOUNDESTDDown 1: Fish get into difficultiesFLOUNDERDDown 2: Little bit of Africa to investigate, travelling northIOTADDown 3: Draw spirit miles upRAFFLEDDown 4: Fish ball with different starterPOLLOCKDDown 5: Contemporary scholar gathering speedSPACE AGEDDown 6: Temporary office left, using this handle over ditchPORTAKABINDDown 7: Drinking litres, bum virtually drunkBLOTTODDown 13: Ladies scantily dressed, Barbra Streisand's initials covering her topless pictureBUNNYGIRLSDDown 16: Realisation, where I happen to change personality, ultimatelyEPIPHANYDDown 18: Fish is covered in cream after gutting errorSOLECISMDDown 19: V fishy stain under unopened receptacleAGAINSTDDown 21: Kipper in front, farewell forever seafood sandwiches!RIPVANDDown 22: Come to understand thread about European UnionWISE UPDDown 24: Fish bleeding brieflyRUDD