The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 21st July 2022 There are 15 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 21st July 2022. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Cheapo larch houses extremely coldPOLARAAcross 10: English old gold coin one has for giving a lessonEDUCATIVEAAcross 11: Block A, location of Paul's dramatic transformationDAMASCENEAAcross 12: Limits of expansion in dull materialDENIMAAcross 13: Observe drinks holding temperature with sunWITNESSAAcross 15: Head of the hospital department, Margaret, is a help in securing temporary accommodationTENT PEGAAcross 17: One sat out after taking top from pot noodle?PASTAAAcross 18: What cows do with Mark is not niceLOWAAcross 20: Drug to be taken after meals — bother!TEASEAAcross 22: Holding back name for male leads to cursingDAMNINGAAcross 25: Rave organised by North American port stuck in routineRUNRIOTAAcross 26: Lawyers next to God, here in Scotland!BARRAAAcross 27: Get touchy again, bringing rook into centre playRECONNECTAAcross 30: Skill in wangling ten spades?ADEPTNESSAAcross 31: Time to cuddle up to current bedtime companionTEDDYDDown 1: Small sweet tuberSPUDDDown 2: Climber's cleat is abandoned around mountain topCLEMATISDDown 3: Mars is missing hydrogen suppliesARMSDDown 4: Poetry virtually set in concrete — a change for the worseREVERSALDDown 5: Brooke, rugby union forward?RUPERTDDown 6: Hot air added to temperature above stationPADDINGTONDDown 7: Snatch some sleep after JoshKIDNAPDDown 8: In short, 'ermine' is an expressionTERMDDown 13: Did sponge with fancy pie and date?WIPEDDDown 14: Man in Texas making testersEXAMINANTSDDown 16: Really important to get on someone's nerves on airGREATDDown 19: About to break two arms badly, making a heap of soilWORMCASTDDown 21: They produce flavouring aids, seen in a different lightANISEEDSDDown 23: Formation of timeless dark matter, eg on new area of productive landMARKETDDown 24: See 23GARDENDDown 26: Support end of pipe in watering-holeBEARDDown 28: See 18NOTEDDown 29: Tolstoy's lost, wilfully abandoned playsTOYS