The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 20th August 2001 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 20th August 2001. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Find that the music has stopped?DISCOVERAAcross 9: Girl I'm awfully gone onIMOGENAAcross 10: Stupefy in most unusual circumstancesSTUNAAcross 11: The criterion for a Shakespearean characterTOUCHSTONEAAcross 12: Dramatist offering drink to royaltyPINTERAAcross 14: Draw headless female guideDRAGOMANAAcross 15: They interfere, we hear, with the fruitMEDLARSAAcross 17: Lively supporter in oral conflictALLEGROAAcross 20: Went back on returning animal without farm vehicleRETRACEDAAcross 22: Allowed Henry to appear mortalLETHALAAcross 23: Girl on wrong charge of "twisting"CONTORTIONAAcross 24: Awful sounding situationSITEAAcross 25: Dubious tree doctor in faintREMOTEAAcross 26: Net result to drunkard turning over warehouseENTREPOTDDown 1: Stream of invective over assistance at raceDIATRIBEDDown 2: Critically examine scientific articleSCANDDown 3: Incarnation of girl sailorAVATARDDown 4: Sediment surrounding houseGROUNDSDDown 5: Drink that's difficult to take?HIGHBALLDDown 6: Be against getting company to book car on first tripCONTROVERTDDown 7: Rupture shows the lady's in a flapHERNIADDown 13: To the French, proportion shows open-mindednessTOLERATIONDDown 16: Instrument for a judgeRECORDERDDown 18: Response to stimulus, as soldiers to battleREACTIONDDown 19: Thought a lot of maid becoming embarrassedADMIREDDDown 21: Calls up girls: "All right to come in?"EVOKESDDown 22: Fast one held by youth leader seeking clemencyLENITYDDown 24: Dampens rising agitationSTEW