The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 16th August 2010 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 16th August 2010. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: One's ration by the bar is taken to avoid a threatCOUNTERMEASUREAAcross 8: Sandy is, perhaps, seen at this racecourseASCOTAAcross 9: Decision by third person (ie a grump) is incorrectUMPIRAGEAAcross 11: Subjects requiring one to be on the carpetTHEMATAAAcross 12: A politician in a frenzy may be seen to run riotRAMPAGEAAcross 13: Priest almost always found to be right in bookRECTOAAcross 15: Song composed by girl getting undressed outsideBARCAROLEAAcross 17: "Wild Rose" contains poetry for managersOVERSEERSAAcross 20: What is pinching the foot?THEFTAAcross 21: Son's nursing a broken hip but anyone could get water with theseSIPHONSAAcross 23: One who won't thank you for this stylish jarINGRATEAAcross 25: Last of all, the rest may help youETCETERAAAcross 26: Without the doctor, Leonard could be in such a stateALONEAAcross 27: Be a likely winner, choosing left or right?HAVEITBOTHWAYSDDown 1: Written authority to meet family in schoolCHARTERHOUSEDDown 2: Relation sometimes of use to the pennilessUNCLEDDown 3: Argos tent redesigned: each one has four sidesTETRAGONSDDown 4: Muttering on stage about edible stalks, repeatedlyRHUBARBDDown 5: Beethoven's moth?EMPERORDDown 6: Guitar sound gives the street spiritSTRUMDDown 7: Such a to-do makes a girl more troubledRIGMAROLEDDown 10: At no time must they be chopped off smaller stillNEVERTHELESSDDown 14: A late crop scattered by Egyptian rulerCLEOPATRADDown 16: Name of US car belonging to King George and A.P. HerbertAUTOGRAPHDDown 18: Each unfinished nap's most comfortableEASIESTDDown 19: Do I fast after cooking this Greek dish?STIFADODDown 22: Decoration only half seen, being bulkyOBESEDDown 24: Perfume's what makes a wooer finally love motherAROMA