The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 28th July 2021 There are 16 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 28th July 2021. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Swept ashes — when left inside, there’s troubleHASSLEAAcross 4: Volunteered a bit of ‘Offside! Ref! Foul!’ but it's rebuffedOFFEREDAAcross 9: Disheartened, get in a stew about being the most nasalTWANGIESTAAcross 10: Flip down and start? Just the opposite!UPENDAAcross 11: Commandeer the papersPRESSAAcross 12: Swear sheep and lamb play togetherBLASPHEMEAAcross 13: In North Dakota, she had a gun wrapped in cotton woolNANNIEDAAcross 15: Start off having great influence, but score less than a hundredEIGHTYAAcross 17: Assume being tickled ticklesAMUSESAAcross 19: Dupes being used and led astrayDELUDESAAcross 22: Spice is something extracted for an IndianFENUGREEKAAcross 24: What a Hoover does when it works (and doesn't)SUCKSAAcross 26: Best Pride party?OUTDOAAcross 27: Put an end to staying in hotel — I’m in a tentELIMINATEAAcross 28: Needing support (like one of the morning glory family?)DODDERYAAcross 29: Followed calling with virtueCHASEDDDown 1: Stumbled over greeting and put up with touchingHITUPONDDown 2: Fish roll?SKATEDDown 3: Take note: I cut bit of wood square — it’s all about practical detailsLOGISTICSDDown 4: Biscuit makes Spooner’s skin hurtOATCAKEDDown 5: Fine bottom, but not much of a lookerFRUMPDDown 6: Making a small adjustment, contemplated being returned to officeREELECTEDDDown 7: Gets out of carsDODGESDDown 8: The two of us plot to kidnap bachelor with a skinny joinerWEBBEDDDown 14: Proposed famous vampire’s victim should be incarceratedNOMINATEDDDown 16: Government minister's ringer?GOLDSMITHDDown 18: It’s found behind actors — dramatic landscape drawn large for playSCENERYDDown 19: Antelope’s two little twins pronkingDIK-DIKDDown 19: Antelope’s two little twins pronkingDIKDIKDDown 20: Stay 10 seconds, being uncertainSUSPENDDDown 21: Have enough money for female to get in a carAFFORDDDown 23: Mitt’s ‘good-oh’GLOVEDDown 25: Quickly learns about sheepCRAMS