The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 31st July 2024 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 31st July 2024. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Esoteric source of classic No. 1? Not hard to be repulsedGNOSTICAAcross 5: Smaller proportion of soccer team backing unionOFFCUTAAcross 9: Bet about Jesus’s grandmother rejected, they feelANTENNAEAAcross 10: Reduced settlement, not entirely ample, regarding acidCITRICAAcross 12: Municipal building in USA involved with moonshineMANSION HOUSEAAcross 15: Vagrants? One holds forth, concealing pointITINERANTSAAcross 17: Overturning of lie doing away with large worryEATAAcross 19: Regularly invent way of linking computersNETAAcross 20: Play tunes excitedly with contralto – good playing would get you thisSTANLEYCUPAAcross 22: Military officer presented by left-wing speaker as spyCOLLABORATORAAcross 26: Is enough for decay, getting old, suppressing newRUNSTOAAcross 27: The same is observed in large-scale outbreakEPIDEMICAAcross 28: American writer about North America? A breathtaking experienceAPNOEAAAcross 29: Word meaning ‘sinning’ arrived back in reference bookERRANCYDDown 1: Green Arrow’s gutted in worryGNAWDDown 2: Exclamation involving a ‘Drat!’ ultimatelyOATHDDown 3: Stealing cattle is wrong in Cornish locationTINTAGELDDown 4: Stylish group ignoring initial legal processCLASSDDown 6: Initially found delicate wind instrument in black boxFLIGHTDDown 7: French composer, ignoring love in heart, being unduly weightyCORPULENCEDDown 8: Heart recording providing something of a celebrationTICKER TAPEDDown 11: Scoundrel’s broken patent leading to pressure in jobROTTENDDown 13: I accept endless rain swirling in outdoor meal venuePICNIC AREADDown 14: Director truly disheartened over something said by actor ahead of new Stoppard playDIRTY LINENDDown 16: See 4ACTIONDDown 18: See 6RECORDERDDown 21: See 3CASTLEDDown 23: See 11APPLEDDown 24: Agreed title sees Knight in lower positionAMENDDown 25: Losing power in particular is unpleasantICKY