The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 13th July 2022 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 13th July 2022. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Boulder's smaller than this state capital, paradoxicallyLITTLEAAcross 4: Removes edge or edges of blueprintsBLUNTSAAcross 9: See 1ROCKAAcross 10: Taking object, servant I mistreated hides itTRANSITIVEAAcross 11: Wrapping material is secured by super tape after repackingTISSUEAAcross 12: Carbon I found in vessel, likewise gold, in holdSCISSORSAAcross 13: Configuration of two digits, fraction and trig function, we hearPEACE SIGNAAcross 15: Doesn't acknowledge courtesy, oddly enoughCUTSAAcross 16: This symbolically and literally is wrapped in 23FISTAAcross 17: Shrub with white, not red, flowerHOLLYHOCKAAcross 21: Presents what players of a certain game finally haveHANDSOUTAAcross 22: Finishes off duck hidden by person in party to eat later onMOPSUPAAcross 24: Novice at wheel ex-students call a name: 'he who works with pots'LOBSTERMANAAcross 25: Sort of oil in sort of lampPALMAAcross 26: Lives protected by others in combatRESISTAAcross 27: Cryptic from some clever expert, being extremely selectiveSECRETDDown 1: In Pygmalion, is Eliza put on pedestal?LIONISEDDown 2: Accepts parts in filmsTAKESDDown 3: Correspondence excluding girl and mother from legal mattersLETTERSDDown 5: Jenny, perhaps, appearing in fiction as young womanLASSIEDDown 6: New indication of discomfort about news agency other than supposedNOTASSUCHDDown 7: Emperor, you heard, in 15SEVERUSDDown 8: What's shown by changing positions of hands? Different poses fit a gamePASSAGEOFTIMEDDown 14: Diamonds hidden by female in barrels — they're for buyersCASHDESKSDDown 16: Line used in good books showing tasteFLAVOURDDown 18: Something disappointing leading journalist's written up in dailyLEMONDEDDown 19: After hostile takeover, call for better service linesCOUPLETDDown 20: Reports on uninformative parts of books?COVERSDDown 23: See 11PAPER