The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 9th August 2006 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 9th August 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Hollow sound of lustreless attractionDIMPLEAAcross 4: "Pepper" is top music compilationCAPSICUMAAcross 9: Clergyman's vehicle trailing doodlebugVICARAAcross 10: No right to lark about in support for supplementFOLIC ACIDAAcross 11: Sailor people curseTARNATIONAAcross 12: Cut down on volume with healthy eatingHALVEAAcross 13: Support for press baron on rigid preparationIRONING BOARDAAcross 17: Action in which the bar is approached with low expectationsLIMBODANCINGAAcross 20: Broken heaterSTOVEAAcross 21: Being beside oneselfNEIGHBOURAAcross 23: Cooked up old bits about female driver being uselessRECHAUFFEAAcross 24: Put forward when maintaining one's equilibriumPOISEAAcross 25: Godliness delivered 5 in Brest, say, again and again?SANCTITYAAcross 26: Teeny organisation's infiltrated by opposing moleGROYNEDDown 1: Violated after smashing jointDOVETAILDDown 2: A hint of colour pervades brownish biscuitMACAROONDDown 3: Cricketer snaffling 5's grubLARVADDown 5: Knackered by pleasure-seeking soon enoughALLINGOODTIMEDDown 6: Bag series about royal sweetenerSACCHARINDDown 7: 20 shellfishCOCKLEDDown 8: Centre to receive small specimenMIDGETDDown 10: Bang on to be right over Tyneside's incidental perkFRINGE BENEFITDDown 14: Tintin's redesigned cover for "Time Traveller"ITINERANTDDown 15: Polo's so engrossing, or one's not part of the main groupMINORITYDDown 16: Gag about scripture gets lady in garden upsetAGGRIEVEDDown 18: Deity with huge flagOSIRISDDown 19: Bird that's said to play that game?TOUCANDDown 22: Overexcited through trophy, perhapsHYPER