The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 2nd July 2021 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 2nd July 2021. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: Within cult, I'm a target for threatsULTIMATAAAcross 9: Open spaces in Asian city holding nothing easternAGORAEAAcross 10: Story about Rome's beginning as capital of Italy some time agoLIREAAcross 11: Small ignoramus I brought before head for indecencySMUTTINESSAAcross 12: Excited expression of character in Hamlet, not king or queenYOICKSAAcross 14: Son thus goes into country, returning for flowersNARCISSIAAcross 15: Private places in clubs, protected by present distributorSANCTAAAcross 17: Priests holding mass for religious feastLAMMASAAcross 20: They work tirelessly, packing cut fruit in Gold Coast's centreAUTOMATAAAcross 22: Preserve vessel for oilCANVASAAcross 23: We want these figures about English team, right?DESIDERATAAAcross 24: One part of it produces things like doughnutsTORIAAcross 25: Unfinished clue I'm altering, about utopian's head in cloudsCUMULIAAcross 26: It produces reaction — litmus changes before its conclusionSTIMULUSDDown 1: Badly in love, is in this stateILLINOISDDown 2: Cast objects to cutDICEDDown 3: First couple in Arizona initially leaving another part of US for a thirdKANSASDDown 4: Tiny creatures European found in ancient part of central AsiaBACTERIADDown 5: Nice column represented chaps running local government in AmericaCOUNCILMENDDown 6: In neighbourhood of Italian town I tossed off fruit drinkCASSISDDown 8: Graduates left university in a minute part of UKALUMNIDDown 13: Fault-finding survey about old portCENSORIOUSDDown 16: They have parallels, giving thanks when receiving a prize in errorTRAPEZIADDown 18: Scaly cobras disturbed more than just meSCABROUSDDown 19: Cold unfortunately trapping one in portCALAISDDown 21: Source of issue among computer usersUTERUSDDown 22: Operated in group with lots of intelligence — they're full of brainsCRANIADDown 24: In this way, energy's extracted from so-called melting potTHUS