The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 30th August 2006 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 30th August 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Plastic - a mere snack for SpoonerBAKELITEAAcross 9: A drab over in OklahomaTULSAAAcross 10: Agitate 1, saySTIRAAcross 11: Beef for the incomplete DickensianSTEERFORTHAAcross 12: Better offer said to be unwholesomeMORBIDAAcross 14: Old king's regime of veggie food?COLESLAWAAcross 15: Play about church once in circulationDRACHMAAAcross 17: Supplementary feature of road junctionADJUNCTAAcross 20: Yeast unusually said to be working with 2BARMAIDSAAcross 22: Islands getting many account transfersCAYMANAAcross 23: Putting on coat and disappearing over the riverVARNISHINGAAcross 24: Smashed sculpture?BUSTAAcross 25: Army with a plantHOSTAAAcross 26: Force ran into trouble without being in the darkIGNORANTDDown 1: Space taken up with traditional bird reserve?DARTMOORDDown 2: Beverage said to give bodily supportBEERDDown 3: Be said, in a way, to be partialBIASEDDDown 4: Bath time for Jane Austen?REGENCYDDown 5: Surprised to have been in front from the outsetSTARTLEDDDown 6: Interflora changing places in London?BLOOMSBURYDDown 7: Mystic formula curtails fear of poacherMANTRADDown 13: Churchman is occupying seat for one of Oxford's lost causesBUCHMANISMDDown 16: Support for parent during visitMAINSTAYDDown 18: Companion to old admiral's vocal worksCHANSONSDDown 19: Endlessly yearning for pain reliefASPIRINDDown 21: State of being for ever out of the way of passion?APATHYDDown 22: Powerful and firm fellowCOGENTDDown 24: Sir Lionel?BART