The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 6th July 2021 There are 18 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 6th July 2021. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Admitting defeat, gang returns to develop wellBLOSSOMAAcross 5: Agitator from firm's foremost US siteFUSSPOTAAcross 9: Market more than 50 lines after public store depletedOUTSELLAAcross 10: Free places to go, one gathers, in ParisUNLOOSEAAcross 11: Company pressure stops workers backing charity collectionsCOMPENDIAAAcross 12: UK banker first to take payment for letterTRENTAAcross 13: You're aiming to do it alone, with very little inputSOLVEAAcross 15: Evergreen in Eliot's verse 'withered with no trace of sun'OLIVE TREEAAcross 17: Requested section authorised in dictionarySOLICITEDAAcross 19: Nameless Russian leader's about to delay retirementSIT-UPAAcross 19: Nameless Russian leader's about to delay retirementSITUPAAcross 22: Instrument, one exported from African countryGAMBAAAcross 23: Grand American brought back mysterious crop from tropicsSUGAR CANEAAcross 23: Grand American brought back mysterious crop from tropicsSUGARCANEAAcross 25: Statesman partly responsible for abuse Nato receivedSENATORAAcross 26: Hazardous substance from canister, unstable when temperature dropsARSENICAAcross 27: Paint left large streakPORTRAYAAcross 28: Queen once taken in by judge hides here, perhapsTANNERYDDown 1: On screen, Eleanor leaves wild ponies semi-trainedBRONCOSDDown 2: Best possible period not quite set in stoneOPTIMALDDown 3: Location reporter's visitedSCENEDDown 4: Inept tailor made incomplete pantsMALADROITDDown 5: Rural deity first to appreciate local wildlifeFAUNADDown 6: Dried food, veg or apples? It's bananas!SPLITPEASDDown 7: Trailblazer, one plugging seaside attractionPIONEERDDown 8: For which Shaw wrote two articles, three on odd occasionsTHEATREDDown 14: One fascinating Frenchman sent up drinking songENCHANTERDDown 16: Receiving jab, pub worker becomes soreINDIGNANTDDown 17: Matter raised after Mark joins serviceSIGNSUPDDown 18: River creature from the south with thin bony scalesLAMINARDDown 20: Origins of Tim Rice musical for radioTRANNIEDDown 21: Inclined to admonish a child found in quarryPREACHYDDown 23: Acerbic couple of kings in stateSARKYDDown 24: Surfaced from bathe, any number having sunkRISEN