The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 16th August 2013 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 16th August 2013. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Help stomach and bottom line initially coated with blusher, free for allROUGH-AND-TUMBLEAAcross 9: Minor problem with Gents: solver's outsideYOUNGSTERAAcross 10: Pit bull terrier (stray one's gone)OXTERAAcross 11: Nonpareil de Perfide AlbionIDEALAAcross 12: Style of 22, trimming tails to nail lizard by returnBRAZILIANAAcross 13: An awkward niggle surrounds gatheringGLEANINGAAcross 14: 21 (not half) takes tea and cakeGATEAUAAcross 17: Coarse content of shoals, in more ways than oneOAFISHAAcross 19: Jezebel shornSTRUMPETAAcross 22: Bush is one occupying bar stoolPUBIC HAIRAAcross 24: Lament rejection of where to enter solutions online …DIRGEAAcross 25: … in unpredictable orderEDICTAAcross 26: Clinic ends telecast with "50% reductions for customers"CLIENTELEAAcross 27: Traditional way of dumping pricey facilities by landlordDEARJOHNLETTERDDown 1: Rowing thus to have begun,Off went the Olympic gunRHYMINGCOUPLETDDown 2: Nice articles written after you heard this country's leading guitarUKULELEDDown 3: Greetings! Glad NHS treatment found in Scotland!HIGHLANDSDDown 4: Pay attention: nobody welcomes the offbeatNOTA BENEDDown 5: Road junction to which beer enthusiasts returnTARMACDDown 6: I travel to the North from South Island, perhapsMAORIDDown 7: Crude line art on its wallLATRINEDDown 8: Twice raise the admission to be last inBRINGUPTHEREARDDown 15: Plenty of cake served in a discoABUNDANCEDDown 16: Playing "A" strings, possibly scalesSTAR SIGNDDown 18: Hot fortnight perhaps on French island?FEBRILEDDown 20: Rampant priest penetrates cheeky sexual deviantPERVERTDDown 21: Cowboy recovered from a coughGAUCHODDown 23: Queens provideCATER