The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 26th August 2004 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 26th August 2004. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Sizable deficit discovered in energy supplierCOLOSSALAAcross 5: Southern town on lineSTRINGAAcross 9: Litigant has quarrel with stretch of landPLAINTIFFAAcross 11: Where goat is deprived of cerealCAPRIAAcross 12: Dive he's often resorted to, where one mixes with ...DENOFTHIEVESAAcross 15: ... slippery typesEELSAAcross 16: Society girl broadcasting, extremely lovely, with styleDEBONAIRLYAAcross 18: St Michael's transformation by searchers for elixirALCHEMISTSAAcross 19: Right back, as in former rulerTSARAAcross 21: Kind notes, yes, but they could be the cause of anguishKIDNEYSTONESAAcross 24: Money in the wind ...BRASSAAcross 25: ... say, way to invest money for growthEGLANTINEAAcross 26: Record carriers worn by old priestsEPHODSAAcross 27: Brown property of redness in copperPRUDENCEDDown 1: Contend with ecclesiastical coverCOPEDDown 2: High resistance to divulgation of classified materialLEAKDDown 3: Diva, possibly a scorcher?SINGERDDown 4: Feature of obesity due to pies, as is possibleADIPOSE TISSUEDDown 6: Skilful at training the Italian catsTACTICALDDown 7: Devil about his work, which is to reduce qualityIMPOVERISHDDown 8: They deny profit to crime writerGAINSAYERSDDown 10: Railwayman responsible for 4?FATCONTROLLERDDown 13: Singular quality of disputed exam script?REMARKABLEDDown 14: Absence of French in English city outbreakBLACK DEATHDDown 17: Relaxed after a month passedDECEASEDDDown 20: Drink gets through with informal assent ...PERNODDDown 22: ... an indication of gin's ruinSIGNDDown 23: Ethelred evidently reveals it, despite his reputationREDE