The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 22nd August 2008 There are 16 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 22nd August 2008. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: "Crossing a Line" by a dramatistTRAVERSALAAcross 9: Plant makes a sound shopping bag for SheilaKERRIAAAcross 10: Dodgy win, as last King of PolandSTANISLAWAAcross 11: Apostle loses heart with one complaint or anotherPLAGUEAAcross 12: Crime likely to arise during postal strike?BLACKMAILAAcross 13: A rough beard can scratchABRADEAAcross 17: Number held in illegal detentionTENAAcross 19: Everything in performance lacking in depthSHALLOWAAcross 20: Dash about to keep 21 in high spiritsELATIONAAcross 21: Unity for which Europe initially gets no backingONEAAcross 23: They go abroad to get a girl into kinky sexEXPATSAAcross 27: It's sweet to take me to a Greek cityASPARTAMEAAcross 28: Responsible for conditional release rejected by the FrenchLIABLEAAcross 29: Open with promise, but start to boreBEGINWELLAAcross 30: These in one place may be another's 23ALIENSAAcross 31: Travel plan means one can take time on the railwayITINERARYDDown 2: Sound conductorRATTLEDDown 3: Come to church in ItalyVENICEDDown 4: Summary turnover of one of nine held by soldierRESUMEDDown 5: A right in a wrong is still a wrongAVARICEDDown 6: Sweet girl holding tummy that's gone pear-shaped?JELLY BEANDDown 6: Sweet girl holding tummy that's gone pear-shaped?JELLYBEANDDown 7: Brown carries paper confusing one act of policy made on the hoofPRAGMATICDDown 8: Proust's memorable cakeMADELEINEDDown 14: One that quivers like a writer on paperASPENLEAFDDown 15: Gay psalmist in MarylandCAMP DAVIDDDown 16: Accommodation unlet - perhaps it's windyFLATULENTDDown 17: Company where anything goes upTWODDown 18: Born not altogether of necessity ...NEEDDown 22: ... during which rises an aromaNASCENTDDown 24: Many dress with ill intentMALIGNDDown 25: One boils as we rest from workingSTEWERDDown 26: Writer was better beheaded?AMBLER