The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 17th August 2010 There are 12 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 17th August 2010. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 4: Get weapon back first with gold pieceNUGGETAAcross 6: Barbarian with hairpiece chasing girlHUNTRESSAAcross 9: So (in response) … first of words frequently found between coversWHATOFAAcross 10: Heartless church article on church in suspensionABEYANCEAAcross 11: Junction in Crete dismantled without an oathINTERCHANGEAAcross 15: Loud protest over soldiers, each with gifts, new or otherwise, posing the unanswerable questionHOWLONGAAcross 17: Painter, being poorly, put in months in ParisMILLAISAAcross 18: Tough about Circle Line appearing in films that back learningSCHOLARSHIPAAcross 22: Borough's best man shouldHAVERINGAAcross 23: See 21OFFICEAAcross 24: Time taken by a fast pressman with great abilityTALENTEDAAcross 25: Born scoundrel to talk of footwearBROGUEDDown 1: Curtailment of overdue preparation to eatDEVOURDDown 2: Veto on setter's entry into parliament left ass, maybe, but not Balaam'sDUMBANIMALDDown 3: Wish on departure for movement of sea to swamp Scots riverSTAYWELLDDown 4: Glen with fragments often shed by discoveryNEWLIGHTDDown 5: Admit and confess on 8GRANTOWNDDown 7: Bird of wilderness and loughsERNEDDown 8: River round which to dance when consent's arisingSPEYDDown 12: Arbitrary and inconsiderate way to celebrate scoring a goal?HIGH-HANDEDDDown 12: Arbitrary and inconsiderate way to celebrate scoring a goal?HIGHHANDEDDDown 13: You start with a warning, if I were you, to be a sportYACHTINGDDown 14: See 15ISAPIECEDDown 16: See 15OFSTRINGDDown 19: Make new arrangements about classREFORMDDown 20: See 9THATDDown 21: Where to play cricket when not skating in the White HouseOVAL