The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 15th July 2021 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 15th July 2021. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Film Aussie's welcome to screen about animalGROUNDHOG DAYAAcross 9: Practised fitting coats of ParisianADEPTAAcross 10: Bravado deserted guilty partyDERRING-DOAAcross 11: It's viewed as what followed Labour's Callaghan era?FOOTAGEAAcross 12: Store silicon in warehouseDEPOSITAAcross 13: Rough copies spread in clergyman's officeEPISCOPATEAAcross 15: Ancient Middle East kingdom, way backEDOMAAcross 18: Frank or Stuart more than once plugs American news channelANNEAAcross 19: Early period in 1 across?FIRST LIGHTAAcross 22: Inclination to leave out the front entranceENCHANTAAcross 24: Theatre about to host prancing Tina Turner?PAINTERAAcross 25: Curiously wild at greeting a crashing boreTIDAL WAVEAAcross 26: Eyeballs possibly globes, but not blackOGLESAAcross 27: At lido, pose in pants? It's what strippers doDESPOLIATIONDDown 1: A pope's man metamorphosed in a novelGREGORIANDDown 2: Away fixture is betterOUTMATCHDDown 3: Jog in a revealing state around Germany's capitalNUDGEDDown 4: Point grasped by star American historianHERODOTUSDDown 5: Almost caught fluGRIPPEDDown 6: Debates lacking energy in the GuardianARGUSDDown 7: Return of Puck with wonderful puzzleBAFFLEDDown 8: Mechanical saw bishop liftedBOTTOMDDown 14: It may be shot or longer drink, holding a partyPAINTBALLDDown 16: Drug from figure with a short amount of cokeDIGITALINDDown 17: Composer from Britain penning number oneALBINONIDDown 18: People staying dry without a bit of clothing in scriptureAVESTADDown 20: Refuse to carry hard kind of metalTHRASHDDown 21: Hammer in part of building workWALLOPDDown 23: Naughty so-and-so, say, twirling bumCADGEDDown 24: Letters of Euripides showing devout imagePIETA