The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 15th August 2003 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 15th August 2003. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Rush to see the rainPRECIPITATIONAAcross 10: Plays around in company danceCALYPSOAAcross 11: Complaint that chimney's black from that timeLUMBAGOAAcross 12: Stars seen going round foreign capitalORIONAAcross 13: Direct the winning playerFIRSTHANDAAcross 14: Sounds like very small powerMIGHTAAcross 16: Against poetry talksCONVERSESAAcross 18: Leave flower on goingDEPARTUREAAcross 19: Post of interestSTAKEAAcross 20: Meant, perhaps, to follow trial of will?TESTAMENTAAcross 23: Managed with straight linesRULEDAAcross 24: Is incumbent on someone to have done with falsehoodOVERLIEAAcross 25: Girl eager to obtain materialNANKEENAAcross 26: Makes up garlands with flower when convenientATONESLEISUREDDown 2: Arriving by tube?ROLLINGUPDDown 3: Tin containing river fowlCAPONDDown 4: Demonstration of strength of spiritPROOFDDown 5: Putting up with permitted deviationTOLERANCEDDown 6: Siren may lure soldier on board shipTEMPTRESSDDown 7: A poor actor gets round about in AmericaOMAHADDown 8: Adaptation in living quartersACCOMMODATIONDDown 9: Patronising Tory on the way downCONDESCENDINGDDown 15: Old sailor's waterproof sheetTARPAULINDDown 16: Chartered accountant no good without provocationCAUSELESSDDown 17: Dissipated bear smell is of no importanceSMALL BEERDDown 21: Pamphlet man placed outsideSHEETDDown 22: Rigid model seen offTENSEDDown 23: Old letters returned by Chinese nurseRUNES