The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 24th August 2004 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 24th August 2004. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: See 17SHARONAAcross 4: Tea otherwise consumed in 6 for 29sCHELSEAAAcross 9: Pop label on one going to a part of South AmericaPATAGONIAAAcross 10: Pass round surfeit from current directorDIODEAAcross 11: Idol given name of birdHERONAAcross 12: As misinformed about monarch as a cat or dog, sayQUADRUPEDAAcross 13: Turn over or wear it, if appropriate?CAPSIZEAAcross 15: Lasting impression made by English butterENGRAMAAcross 17: 29's shore soon far offROSEOFAAcross 19: 12 1s in heraldic 29LIONESSAAcross 22: Oil dealers about to speak to copper 29BUTTERCUPAAcross 24: Returned, somewhat disconcertingly, to the compoundNITREAAcross 26: Verdant Irish 29, as they say in France?LEAFYAAcross 27: Evil wind blowing head off and turning leftSINISTRALAAcross 28: Ranges of 13-d crafts with cargo of edible fungusSPECTRAAAcross 29: Concerning 12 sent back by paragonFLOWERDDown 1: Gay pub in Brown Shirts' photoSAPPHICDDown 2: 29 festival doesn't startASTERDDown 3: Yarn in which neo-Nazi infiltrates Negro organisationORGANZINEDDown 4: Vegetable containing a drug results in farcical performanceCHARADEDDown 5: Venerable character of 29-bearerELDERDDown 6: Retail outlet stocking occidental fabric in the gallerySHOWPLACEDDown 7: Compensation when noon strikes?AMENDSDDown 8: One question taken by a European soleUNIQUEDDown 14: Face down platforms in privatePROSTRATEDDown 16: Fixative carrying ammunition for 29-bearerGROUNDSELDDown 18: Half-caught fish bursting into 29FUCHSIADDown 19: Like a 12 29 given directionLUPINEDDown 20: Famous artists upset about famous marksmanSTELLARDDown 21: Honour student with American daggerOBELUSDDown 23: Hurt in alien countryEGYPTDDown 25: Cast reportedly finished in AmericaTHREW