The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 10th August 2006 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 10th August 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Self-identifying followers of 17 somehow seem actively sent kind - wow!TWENTYLOVESICKAAcross 8: Twig I found in plant right at the endOSIERAAcross 9: Very badly cut off, having got to isleSEVERELYAAcross 11: No 10 associated with country's revolutionOCTOBERAAcross 12: Hidden potential of learner with a tendency to avoid studyLATENCYAAcross 13: Physician dealt with wind and indigestion finallyGALENAAcross 15: See 1MAIDENSWEAAcross 17: Companion lost from group - another ace gone, sadlyBUNTHORNEAAcross 20: Oaks may be seen here in SurreyEPSOMAAcross 21: It may be evident in some git showing offEGOTISMAAcross 23: Man's man? Not one for malicious wordsSLANDERAAcross 25: Card game was loved by 17PATIENCEAAcross 26: Weapon of knight - item to be sold offLANCEAAcross 27: Feature of writer with a sinister dispositionLEFT-HANDEDNESSDDown 1: He brought order anagrammatically - without hesitation, an outstanding personTHOROUGHBREDDDown 2: Order to change leader of Conservatives brought inEDICTDDown 3: Tree in Bath, possibly not a Mediterranean treeTEREBINTHDDown 4: Passionate desire - something sailor had for a number of years?LUSTRUMDDown 5: Gloria's man I saw in Rome embracing another womanVIVALDIDDown 6: Pair were at table spread around - each one a fussy eaterSPRATDDown 7: They come to new home: on island without street?COLONISTSDDown 10: There's my park being redeveloped for big storesHYPERMARKETSDDown 14: Learner's elation unrestrained - first in English with fine marksLINEOLATEDDown 16: I shouted audibly, being stared atEYEBALLEDDDown 18: Country with soldiers in revolution - madness!ROMANIADDown 19: A character starting trade needs to organise a bit of capitalEASTENDDDown 22: Not the cleverest? Find him out, regularly lackingIDIOTDDown 24: One with a gift, accomplished - tribute's conclusionDONEE