The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 12th July 2021 There are 13 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 12th July 2021. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 4: Narrow stripe in piece of meat round end of skewerSTREAKAAcross 6: Country conserving head of prehistoric freshwater creatureTERRAPINAAcross 9: Lowest points in faulty drainsNADIRSAAcross 10: 11, perhaps, fixed games with sailorMEGASTARAAcross 11: Musician playing clarinet with copERICCLAPTONAAcross 15: Conservative and old Independent bath prepared to shack up togetherCOHABITAAcross 17: Record part of poem in loungeRECLINEAAcross 18: Food arrives on recycled black tilesCOMESTIBLESAAcross 22: Attention surrounding girl married to country's ultimate diplomatEMISSARYAAcross 23: Drug setter took after surgeryOPIATEAAcross 24: Money taken by business making a pastry dishTURN OVERAAcross 24: Money taken by business making a pastry dishTURNOVERAAcross 25: Female diner rearranged chinaFRIENDDDown 1: Wonderful hospital leaving well-funded structureFABRICDDown 2: Plates holding British (English) loan certificatesDEBENTURESDDown 3: Beer enthusiasts about to drink a good new brandyARMAGNACDDown 4: Scene 10 rewritten as a punishmentSENTENCEDDown 5: Warning issued by Conservatives infiltrated by far-right movementRED LIGHTDDown 7: PM's meagre salary halvedPITTDDown 8: Standard number assigned to soldiersNORMDDown 12: Stake money on northbound Underground before departureANTEMORTEMDDown 13: Staff drowning feeble king in watercourseMILLRACEDDown 14: Ridiculous debates about base of solid frame in dormitoryBEDSTEADDDown 16: Money found with stolen ammunitionBUCKSHOTDDown 19: Bring in setter's drink!IMPORTDDown 20: Bottom of well covered by moist leather stripWELTDDown 21: Sporting fixture on river is levelTIER