The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 8th August 2011 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 8th August 2011. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Ruth Rendell's first English detectiveREMORSEAAcross 5: Throw out a proposed schemePROJECTAAcross 10: Crowd entertainerHOSTAAcross 11: Bible story about fellow deserving forgivenessPARDONABLEAAcross 12: The never ending roundCIRCLEAAcross 13: OK, cheer set point for the braveCHEROKEEAAcross 14: Coastline that's rocky in partsSECTIONALAAcross 16: Irritable friend of Mole and ToadRATTYAAcross 17: There are four to each deck, used for liftingJACKSAAcross 19: Steps insideSTAIRCASEAAcross 23: Taking trouble to point outADOPTIONAAcross 24: Deputy head with masses of paper getting dark thoughtsDREAMSAAcross 26: Shortest way to the top, believe meSTRAIGHT UPAAcross 27: An opening for five, possibly tenVENTAAcross 28: Checks made by the police?ARRESTSAAcross 29: Blow this for the French game to startWHISTLEDDown 2: Sweetheart has reason to be sensitiveEMOTIVEDDown 3: An eye for a drinkOPTICDDown 4: C-in-C starts to drink, gets more intoxicatedSUPREMODDown 6: Offered support in getting establishedROOTEDDDown 7: A French maidJOAN OF ARCDDown 8: Sect takes up clergyman involved in a runaway affairCULVERTDDown 9: Drag one's feet on stair carpet that's laid outPROCRASTINATEDDown 15: Happen to finish in the first threeTAKE PLACEDDown 18: His examinations necessitate a lot of bookworkAUDITORDDown 20: Detailed sort of investigation showing trendy profundityINDEPTHDDown 21: It is important to change lanes when encircling motorwaySEMINALDDown 22: Dog dropped tail to receive fussFIDGETDDown 25: Hail enters two points in part of roofEAVES