The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 21st August 2000 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 21st August 2000. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Reproduction of a man's oil paintingMONALISAAAcross 9: Lemons and melons may come from hereLEMNOSAAcross 10: Lincoln died sleeping? Apparently soABEDAAcross 11: Proverbially it implies madnessOUT OF SIGHTAAcross 12: Tugboat?LUGGERAAcross 14: Christmas visitors can include one conjurorMAGICIANAAcross 15: Lose wind when seeking muddy shoal in Cheshire estuaryDEFLATEAAcross 17: The sort ready to compose something impressive?TYPESETAAcross 20: Nuts? You'll need theseCRACKERSAAcross 22: Property gets one thousand short of estimateESTATEAAcross 23: He's against accepting royaltiesREPUBLICANAAcross 24: A mother for the first orphan?ADAMAAcross 25: Tenant in the French dioceseLESSEEAAcross 26: Example set by the ancients, maybeINSTANCEDDown 1: A strapless top is a mistake on the UndergroundBOOB TUBEDDown 2: Worker provides assistanceHANDDDown 3: Potency of port half an hour laterVIGOURDDown 4: Old man's period for diversionPASTIMEDDown 5: Godly foe disposed to be reactionaryOLDFOGEYDDown 6: In error, since I'm not all-knowingOMNISCIENTDDown 7: She may out pantihose, but not netSOPHIADDown 13: Was it designed for handicapped drivers?GOLF COURSEDDown 16: Music of the Depression?THEBLUESDDown 18: Charm one's way inENTRANCEDDown 19: Possibly spy on fashionable mediumPSYCHICDDown 21: Smoking jacket?REEFERDDown 22: Hemingway or Sterne, perhapsERNESTDDown 24: Just open - so have a glass of aleAJAR