The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 7th July 2022 There are 17 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 7th July 2022. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Capital found on the Thames?BELFASTAAcross 5: Gentle sound putting butter on bread?PIT-A-PATAAcross 5: Gentle sound putting butter on bread?PITAPATAAcross 10: Forward in Australian city dropping backPERTAAcross 11: A virtual fool, thirty, dressed up as children's characterTOOTH FAIRYAAcross 12: See 9CHANCEAAcross 13: Union in fun dismissing leaderALLIANCEAAcross 14: Exciting piece from Bremen (thus in German)ENTHUSINGAAcross 16: Con fixerSCREWAAcross 17: Prayer about body half lost in heaven?ABOVEAAcross 19: Idiot called when first of messages missed, produced a tweet?TWITTEREDAAcross 23: Country in Iran having disheartened Slovak, unfortunatelySRI LANKAAAcross 24: Off past this London station goes old raconteur in speech?EUSTONAAcross 26: Fur in beard made of ice, did you say?CHINCHILLAAAcross 27: God returned in screen idolODINAAcross 28: Novelist and ex-con back in custody for sportARCHERYAAcross 29: Old lover in affair showing some muscle?FLEXINGDDown 2: Criminal nowhere — Butler did it!EREWHONDDown 3: Comfortable furniture in airport initially changedFUTONDDown 4: Comfortable furniture in place over riverSETTEESDDown 6: See 9INHELLDDown 7: Overwhelming quantity 15, according to the French?AVALANCHEDDown 8: Speaker's authority in chamberAURICLEDDown 9: Drunk low on Stella has Chenin blanc never!NOTASNOWBALLSDDown 15: Eat meat having dropped article inside loin and legHAVELUNCHDDown 18: King's predecessor in restaurant listened to old citizenBURGHERDDown 20: Tail one wags, extreme partTOENAILDDown 21: English poet, sensationEMOTIONDDown 22: Attachment to boat behind 25 10 in large ship, by the sound of it?ANCHORDDown 25: People in North America (6/4, essentially)SIOUX