The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 28th August 2000 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 28th August 2000. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Opened up an alfresco feastOUTSPREADAAcross 6: Game may be caught by a man with craftCHESSAAcross 9: Awesome oriental lakeEERIEAAcross 10: Unusual police functionARRESTINGAAcross 11: Mugs people in the street - a charge resultsASSESSMENTAAcross 12: A beast, though not with womenSTAGAAcross 14: "The wretched have no ____ ", or so wrote DrydenFRIENDSAAcross 15: Stand with outstretched arms on the dinner table!EPERGNEAAcross 17: Book put by for a rainy day?RESERVEAAcross 19: Out - in - out: it can be good trainingTUITIONAAcross 20: Looked over a newspaper leader about the demodeEYEDAAcross 22: Take account of rise in valueAPPRECIATEAAcross 25: Silence on changes effected - such boldness!INSOLENCEAAcross 26: Say there's nothing in immoralityVOICEAAcross 27: Commanding gun carrying soldiersGREATAAcross 28: An illness that can excite interest about oneENTERITISDDown 1: Foreign character, part of a fearsome gangOMEGADDown 2: Goes quiet - it's due to the old kitchen equipmentTURNSPITSDDown 3: Left surrounded by rustics, make some quipPLEASANTRYDDown 4: A theologian taking ages over a piece of musicERASMUSDDown 5: Grandee's letters fomenting disorderDERANGEDDown 6: Many refuse ready moneyCASHDDown 7: An order incorrectly citedEDICTDDown 8: Dull-coloured flag, say, never raisedSAGE-GREENDDown 13: See, not for the first time, about underworld protectionREDISCOVERDDown 14: Anticipatory - like television viewers!FARSEEINGDDown 16: A sound man, having some pluckGUITARISTDDown 18: The cost of installing coops in a riverEXPENSEDDown 19: Great rush to hire outside rightTORRENTDDown 21: Follow directions - and then use wronglyENSUEDDown 23: Odds, oddly enoughEVENSDDown 24: A residence that lowers the tone?FLAT