The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 21st August 2007 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 21st August 2007. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: Leave Mum in lake and start your verbal sparringLOGOMACHYAAcross 8: Monkey in khaki for trainingDRILLAAcross 9: Shaky and seedy from start of week to the middle?WEDNESDAYAAcross 10: Throw over one's sweetheart as a bit of 8?CHUCKAAcross 12: Loose with queasy inside needs to be put togetherUNITEDAAcross 13: Prize giver concerned with screwREWARDERAAcross 14: Object of cocker (?) to thwart at the 20SNOOKERAAcross 17: I should have written "change the book"PSALTERAAcross 20: Company with Thorndike for audience at 25 4CRUCIBLEAAcross 22: Continue with employer turning to setterRESUMEAAcross 24: Fortunate to ....JAMMYAAcross 25: Attempt to muzzle Euphemia would come to the citySHEFFIELDAAcross 26: Boy led by his first ecstasy to be part of 25 12BLADEAAcross 27: Being so disciplined, we get goldTWOLEGGEDDDown 1: Good about new controlGOVERNDDown 2: Italian ice cream in the wind?CORNETTODDown 3: Got through old time reportPASSEDDDown 4: Sufficient heat remaining to show where 26 may be usedTHEATREDDown 5: Author of the 20 shows skill a little way into 10-erARTHURDDown 6: Shiner to be interrupted by servantBLACK EYEDDown 11: Slow movement from 25 9OWLSDDown 15: As a rule, friend pursues alternative nasalsNORMALLYDDown 16: Turning up with competence on islandELBADDown 18: Large quantities of punishmentLASHINGSDDown 19: Skua from Kew has a problemSEAHAWKDDown 21: Arrive by day, disheartened, to work in 4COMEDYDDown 22: Fairy in the distance raised a lotteryRAFFLEDDown 23: See 5MILLER