The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 19th August 2013 There are 16 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 19th August 2013. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Exact moneyBLACKMAILAAcross 6: Unfinished aircraft designPLANAAcross 8: Don't cheat in two forms of leisure activityPLAYFAIRAAcross 9: Think in depthFATHOMAAcross 10: Aim ambitiously for praise, being wretchedASPIREAAcross 11: Gets more than one's share of froth with this measure of alcoholHOGSHEADAAcross 12: Saucy antics?CAPERSAAcross 15: Worker in the prairie producing fruitPLANTAINAAcross 16: Censorious to a dangerous degree?CRITICALAAcross 19: Runaway affairs?DRAINSAAcross 21: Star of the Magic Circle?PENTACLEAAcross 22: One takes no end of cash in, finishing with nothingCASINOAAcross 24: Show preference for old penthouseLEAN-TOAAcross 25: Said to be celebratedOBSERVEDAAcross 26: Ring starts nervous reaction in the earOTICAAcross 27: Workers given fish — a gesture of goodwillHANDSHAKEDDown 1: Bottle opener and drinks in packsBALESDDown 2: Amenity switched to an unspecified dateANYTIMEDDown 3: A card cheat may be so describedKNAVEDDown 4: It goes up with inflationAIR-SHIPDDown 4: It goes up with inflationAIRSHIPDDown 5: Soldier's an expert swimmerLIFEGUARDDDown 6: Saucepan's ready for cooking what this has killedPOTSHOTDDown 7: Commercial address brings high esteemADORATIONDDown 13: Enter game play, making contractAGREEMENTDDown 14: Dismiss ministers, a sign of contritionSACKCLOTHDDown 17: Enormous disaster struck itTITANICDDown 18: It makes one wild what people do when they retireLIE DOWNDDown 20: American detained by courts in European countryAUSTRIADDown 22: Expenses legally incurredCOSTSDDown 23: Relative found somewhere in the south of France, we hearNIECE