The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 15th August 2013 There are 15 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 15th August 2013. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Might a mouse stew do it as a dish of leftovers?BUBBLE AND SQUEAKAAcross 9: Lacking leadership, sly fools, horribly good things?OXYMORONSAAcross 10: One's blooming rates out of order!ASTERAAcross 11: Problem with hose leakRUNAAcross 12: Combine procreation with some wrigglingINCORPORATEAAcross 13: Cleric's target to arrest crook, a religious leaderPREBENDARYAAcross 15: Audible drop in harmonySYNCAAcross 18: Long trek ends in Crawley, no quantum leapYOMPAAcross 20: One following chatter incessantly, partial to rubbish, their characters limitedTWITTERATIAAcross 23: Once a safe pair of hands, Brown bailed out institutionsGORDONBANKSAAcross 25: Boat with pronounced curveARKAAcross 25: Boat with pronounced curveARK.AAcross 26: Appropriate French squareSEIZEAAcross 27: Bird during row starts to show some humilityLOWLINESSAAcross 28: Original title back in Motown to original children's songONEMANWENTTOMOWDDown 1: Life far more than a sentence?BIOGRAPHYDDown 2: Going further shaking bottom, extremely cute singerBEYONCEDDown 3: One going topless, idol is out to be lauded as a celebrityLIONISEDDDown 4: Some heaven-bound nuncio zapped, lifelessAZOICDDown 5: Ditch unfaithful lover for soldierDESERT RATDDown 6: Clam — 50p with a pig?QUAHOGDDown 7: Current meeting place set to be switched before end of Jan?ESTUARYDDown 8: Change of heart in a little Australian prayerKYRIEDDown 14: Like this clue: "Bowel disorder" — its location?DOWNBELOWDDown 16: Little pecker, a tool for the braveCHICKASAWDDown 17: Change in wavelength, as Shed deciphered during breakRED SHIFTDDown 17: Change in wavelength, as Shed deciphered during breakREDSHIFTDDown 19: Stain on little baby's potMARMITEDDown 21: California city with an aspiration to accommodate manANAHEIMDDown 22: Wine shop where old, old bar's opening upBODEGADDown 23: Try to outline philosophy that's a contrivanceGISMODDown 24: Just arrived, like a hopeless situation?NO-WIN