The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 23rd August 2006 There are 15 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 23rd August 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Awareness of having imperfect things by oneIN SIGHTAAcross 1: Awareness of having imperfect things by oneINSIGHTAAcross 5: Sound unit has to be in Israel after a monthDECIBELAAcross 9: The rock of "rock, paper, scissors" keeps right on topFIRSTAAcross 10: Girdled enchantress engages fifty in climaxENCIRCLEDAAcross 11: Individually steer towards Italian capital through the same, but not capital!ONE AT A TIMEAAcross 12: 'oles up when Caesar was passing?IDESAAcross 14: Rice noodle cooked in church reaching the ultimate extremesCONDOLEEZZAAAcross 18: One or two claiming bishop is scumbag - a fair thing?FERRIS WHEELAAcross 21: Relation isn't in plural form when spokenAUNTAAcross 22: Possible clue for the Simpsons' child?SPOILTBRATAAcross 25: Skill of the Beckham babes?DRIBBLINGAAcross 26: Be old 9EXISTAAcross 27: Fail to move gentle ConservativeNEGLECTAAcross 28: Some latent heat required in place of actionTHEATREDDown 1: Blooming monarch abdicating as movement arrivingINFLOWDDown 2: Insist, say, Araucaria's sharp - his work being creative by the waySTREETDDown 3: Showed determination when couldn't complete puzzle, then homeGOTSTUCKINDDown 4: Taking something of the land, leaving areaTHEFTDDown 5: Post 1791, did Mozart do this to erase his work?DECOMPOSEDDown 6: Joker in the pack?CARDDDown 7: Male and female deer reportedly levelBULLDOZEDDown 8: Heavenly body stretching leotardsLODESTARDDown 13: Suffering different elements, primarily hailHELLOTHEREDDown 15: Fresh run for 4, perhaps?NEWSPRINTDDown 16: Cricket sides seen occasionallyOFF-AND-ONDDown 17: Fly round circuit that's so wetWRINGINGDDown 19: See 2ARTISTDDown 20: Work that's still universal in territorySTATUEDDown 23: Bar entered the wrong way?INGOTDDown 24: They say he was murdered, though fitABLE