The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 6th August 2001 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 6th August 2001. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Two card games one may come acrossPONTOON BRIDGEAAcross 10: Be taunted about being a young socialiteDEBUTANTEAAcross 11: Large kind of type in the chapterCANONAAcross 12: Stay in Lincoln - I wouldABIDEAAcross 13: Subordinate in a position lower than HeatherUNDERLINGAAcross 14: A breach of securityLEAKAGEAAcross 16: Tabitha changes one's environmentHABITATAAcross 18: Where man cuts adrift?SANCTUMAAcross 20: Lead about a hundred into deep troublePRECEDEAAcross 21: Get into debt? Not interestedINCURIOUSAAcross 23: Yet this may increase a don's standingCHAIRAAcross 24: She inspired the lyrics in the opera "Tosca"ERATOAAcross 25: Man of many parts, perhapsAUTOMATONAAcross 26: One gets down to the cleaning with thisFEATHERDUSTERDDown 2: See 17OFBRITAINDDown 3: Handle rightTITLEDDown 4: One of us turns out to be unemployableOFNOUSEDDown 5: The measure of the Bard?BREADTHDDown 6: Having no remedy but to suffer an island uprisingINCURABLEDDown 7: Gin that is a form of bottled spiritsGENIIDDown 8: Faultlessly dressed - like perfect partners?IDEALLYSUITEDDDown 9: Champions away from home?KNIGHTSERRANTDDown 15: Right at the back, yet wanting the lion's shareAFTERMOSTDDown 17: Few were victorious in thisTHEBATTLEDDown 19: Bank parking feeMOORAGEDDown 20: Assumed it's minced topsidePOSITEDDDown 22: Make cracks on passing fashionCRAZEDDown 23: French writer quietly exits the academic fieldCAMUS