The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 21st July 2021 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 21st July 2021. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: One with rigid response to game, such as meSETTERAAcross 4: The real me and others reassembled container broken in halfSELVESAAcross 9: Odd parts of culture, as this itself isCLUEAAcross 10: Season preceded by 1960s' musical — watch partHAIRSPRINGAAcross 11: Ones who cut nested 12HEWERSAAcross 12: Formal declarations, excluding 27 words of certain typePRONOUNSAAcross 13: Like something that may be first, second or third, without one negative commentASPERSIONAAcross 15: Couple, pair of 12, one returnedITEMAAcross 16: What distinguishes French girlfriend and boyfriend at this pointHEREAAcross 17: Like something of yours or mine that's crazyPOSSESSEDAAcross 21: Small pub organised fine party in IrelandSINN FEINAAcross 22: English 12 — one or the otherEITHERAAcross 24: Like some elements second kind of star made availableMONOVALENTAAcross 25: 2 removing me and then them, for you onceTHEEAAcross 26: Like beauty pageant participants, for instance, that woman had put outsideSASHEDAAcross 27: American's ready, minimally, to embrace Brendan — it's hard stuffCEMENTDDown 1: People like you — extremely passionate types, missing nothingSOLVERSDDown 2: Unifying idea that begins with and ends with 12THEMEDDown 3: Ancient city in European power, second among 12EPHESUSDDown 5: Station 1 across and down together in schoolEUSTONDDown 6: Extremely limited openings for it and othersVERMOUTHSDDown 7: Eg best for worst, verballySYNONYMDDown 8: Pen music, rondo needing change, sounding wrongMISPRONOUNCEDDDown 14: Wrong or right, third person's invested in euros, oddlyERRONEOUSDDown 16: Awful man with the writer? On the contrary, you and meHEINOUSDDown 18: Heterosexual couple hiding half of what's put inside coverSHEATHEDDown 19: He and I each represent oneELEMENTDDown 20: For example, initially he or sheFEMALEDDown 23: Money for church, as 12 after short timeTITHE