The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Friday, 7th August 2020

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 7th August 2020. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 7:	Senior on back end of dinosaur in TV show	DOCUSOAP
AAcross 9:	Winners detailed in ancient city
AAcross 10:	Artist missing article in least satisfactory glossary
AAcross 11:	Good to shave hairy back, twisted or plaited, initially
AAcross 12:	Just beaten — like apples?
AAcross 14:	Headbutt PM in dark
AAcross 15:	Leaders in race on Arctic trek caught by your old husky
AAcross 17:	Flipped ball catches me going the wrong way	GONEMAD
AAcross 20:	Waste container and lifting mechanism getting a nut turned round?
AAcross 22:	Able to bounce back well, like billionaires?
AAcross 23:	Back-stabbing braggart, son a sociopath controlling family
AAcross 24:	See 10
AAcross 25:	Goddess soon afterward in hospital department?
AAcross 26:	Rocked — Neptune's slayer, reportedly?
DDown 1:	Block of stone in coalpit oddly disappearing in a few weeks
DDown 2:	Courtyard, where first of crew lost
DDown 3:	See 22 across
DDown 4:	Weapon on fire, launched in fight
DDown 5:	Certainly rare, yet tragic past
DDown 6:	Drink for a man? Relative of Isaac, say
DDown 8:	See 24
DDown 13:	Competitor breaking record in mucky film?
DDown 16:	Cloth wiping head from below before massaging under nipple
DDown 18:	Prayer used, gain converts
DDown 19:	Girl filling empty shoes, slippers?
DDown 21:	Tricky, describing wading bird?
DDown 22:	Just like that, a crimson rose
DDown 24:	Possible killer on board, clue so hot?