The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 23rd August 2007 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 23rd August 2007. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Romantic setting for meal with an old flame?CANDLELIGHTAAcross 9: One may hold a key to the pastCURATORAAcross 10: It's eaten when seated in stateCASSATAAAcross 11: She washes the French stripLAUNDRESSAAcross 12: This cat is not heavyOUNCEAAcross 13: Post to SouthendSENDAAcross 14: Look suspiciously at detective: arsenic and a neck broken!EYEASKANCEAAcross 16: Our violent transformationREVOLUTIONAAcross 19: In Ayr, they are barely in itSCUDAAcross 21: The time when Lancelot, say, lost his headNIGHTAAcross 22: Bags of vicious crueltiesRETICULESAAcross 24: A painter's cheery greeting?WATTEAUAAcross 25: In the main, this calf is dangerousICEBERGAAcross 26: Wife, said to be ready for the photographer, made up an exampleDUTCHCHEESEDDown 1: "... put a girdle round the earth ..."CIRCUMNAVIGATEDDDown 2: Famous college sent down dukeNOTEDDDown 3: Nearly 100 involved in stealingLARCENYDDown 4: Family of grasshoppers irritated scout in Los AngelesLOCUSTADDown 5: Factory where talk is effectiveGASWORKSDDown 6: Where prospective teachers got to bed?TRAINING COLLEGEDDown 7: Sign of a fish, but not PiscesSCALESDDown 8: Please supply African woodSAPELEDDown 15: The most insipid accommodation surveyFLATTESTDDown 16: Fame achieved by Wren on reconstructionRENOWNDDown 17: Connected from beginning to endTHROUGHDDown 18: This orc running is one that can't flyOSTRICHDDown 20: Amount required to cook salviaDOSAGEDDown 23: Rubber pancake?CREPE