The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 26th August 2009 There are 14 across clues and 10 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 26th August 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Traveller in suit came meandering across bridgeSPACEMANAAcross 9: The solution is around the cityATHENSAAcross 10: Is coat tailored up north?SCOTIAAAcross 11: Put back dodgy stereo in a small wayRESTOREDAAcross 12: Piece of Beethoven has gone, gone from the mouthORALAAcross 13: Cryptic confused us with lack of definitionUNFOCUSSEDAAcross 15: A long story is over about weaponASSAGAIAAcross 16: Suffering vocal change in one that's senseless!INANITYAAcross 18: Caravan phone-in?MOBILE HOMEAAcross 19: Most unlikely model to endure weightLASTAAcross 20: Here mayor's found it — the young can stay here initially in ringCITY HALLAAcross 22: Heading for Jordan's capital? No mass and no exceptionTO A MANAAcross 23: Society's most important member?TAHITIAAcross 24: Most importantly, a lovable bustABOVE ALLDDown 1: Farming crops using new soil, accept visual aids in lab may be thisSPECTROSCOPICALDDown 2: Take me for a pain and call it a day (sic) — I cycle all over the placeACETYLSALICYLICDDown 3: Mary would have taken issue with this!IMMACULATEDDown 4: Current Hindu god, appropriately on feet?INDRAFTDDown 5: A best-seller, he devastates saloons with abandonEATSDDown 6: See 5SHOOTSANDLEAVESDDown 7: Net redesigned as it's stopped in the last month dual crimeINDECENTASSAULTDDown 14: See 3CONCEPTIONDDown 17: Artisan left master in northeast townTOOLMANDDown 21: See 2ACID