The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 26th August 2003 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 26th August 2003. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Loud knocker cut short, appearing chilledFRAPPEAAcross 4: Country where adolescent converted having dispensed with drugsSCOTLANDAAcross 9: Where Ariel Sharon's heading for reform, disorder or disasterISRAELAAcross 10: Tea's gathered and at end of season freshly madeBRAND-NEWAAcross 11: Mother marrying men admits "I'm such a nightmare, they're picked to send me delirious"MAGICMUSHROOMSAAcross 13: Embellished, transparent feature of rude words one passed round the Caribbean?ROSE WINDOWAAcross 14: Whiskey with it to create a monsterYETIAAcross 16: Victoria's work about to be given to mumPOSHAAcross 18: In marriage to socialist she gave _____ to provide a diversionRED HERRINGAAcross 21: "Gore more favoured to British Lord", 'e cursedBLOODTHIRSTIERAAcross 23: Clandestine affair for which pair of eyes sounded urgent, possiblyINTRIGUEAAcross 24: Married to eleven men, perhaps?UNITEDAAcross 25: Safeguarded money certain to go to family?SURETIESAAcross 26: Black man all washed up?JETSAMDDown 1: Elizabeth divorced from Nick about to go berserkFLIPDDown 2: Having endless cunning, brings up children in debtARREARSDDown 3: Early showings of seats the right (virtually corrupt) heldPREVIEWSDDown 5: Traveller inordinately rich - don't let her get away!CHRISTOPHERDDown 6: Bleak prospect, one difficult to crack, heading off heavenwardsTUNDRADDown 7: Unreliable man I love, the heartless reptile, perhapsAMNIOTEDDown 8: Motion to strike in the southwest in street of governmentDOWNSWINGDDown 12: Beastly accommodation for Spooner's beast with squeaky voice on steroids?MONKEYHOUSEDDown 13: Codgers to maintain "The Queen's Head", maybe, in places where the Queen isn't!REPUBLICSDDown 15: Island accommodating non-revolutionary materialCRETONNEDDown 17: One could be obsessed with training, bearing HarrySPOTTERDDown 19: Imagines one goes out with potential partners, trapping a quarterIDEATESDDown 20: Might one smoke forty a day? Rebelliously, did indeedADDICTDDown 22: One's mildly tasteful and, though somewhat aged, amazing!EDAM