The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 26th August 2008 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 26th August 2008. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: See gold on its coast: am I going to enter with female title? I've been dead half a centuryVAUGHANAAcross 5: Old instrument making friends with artistKITHARAAAcross 9: Beast to the left, bird to the rightLEMURAAcross 10: Song 1 16 and Nellie composedLINDENLEAAAcross 11: Bow bells heard in Cape province?EASTLONDONAAcross 12: Sexy fixer?STUDAAcross 14: 1 16's s-simple parliamentarian, unpaid and unknownSEASYMPHONYAAcross 18: August in a cult, possibly not consideredINSTINCTUALAAcross 21: 1 16's fun when many finishLARKAAcross 22: Continent for 1 16, as in film or akin to 14ANTARCTICAAAcross 25: South American fellow, one embraced by composerARGENTINEAAcross 26: Tangle with teacher of 1 16RAVELAAcross 27: Flood defender on strike, maybe got from ...SANDBAGAAcross 28: ... what one gets with justiceDESERTSDDown 1: A lot of shots at netball?VOLLEYDDown 2: Greatest possible number among stout charactersUTMOSTDDown 3: Communication job preferably not about Free Enterprise?HERALDSHIPDDown 4: Material from vinyl once recordedNYLONDDown 5: Expression of thanks from variety of solver?KINDOFYOUDDown 6: The enemy, time, is on edgeTHEMDDown 7: Sailor at airport keeps one from cleansingABLUTIONDDown 8: Trips in a manner are bewildering to the hearerAWAYDAYSDDown 13: Provider of computers with hearts maybe remains in 10APPLECORESDDown 15: See 21ASCENDINGDDown 16: See 1 acrossWILLIAMSDDown 17: Waiter in play, partial tragedy, in returning featureESTRAGONDDown 19: 25 pirateSILVERDDown 20: Sound of charm when with man supplying theme for 1 16TALLISDDown 23: Change at noon?AMENDDDown 24: Monarch with aristocrat as a handleKNOB