The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 20th August 2013 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 20th August 2013. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Pop singers reformed, giving up gin fizz for crushOPPRESSAAcross 5: Computer baron attends the controversial Verdi operaMACBETHAAcross 10: Leading girl in musical doesn’t start soloARIAAAcross 11: Laughter tracks swamp Iago's intro in Tbilisi complexRISIBILITYAAcross 12: Succeeded in match played at the same pitchUNISONAAcross 13: A Byrd composition in governor's race meetingDERBYDAYAAcross 14: She's nervous in court among odd Scottish playersORCHESTRAAAcross 16: Britten's friend valued being regularly selectedAUDENAAcross 17: 20 film music in a lot of barsSCOREAAcross 19: Delius' debut in E minor in a broadcast of the early 20th centuryEDWARDIANAAcross 23: Christmas opus, a new revolutionary early 19th-century pieceNAPOLEONAAcross 24: Son chops lutes in bits for scrapTUSSLEAAcross 26: Erase a libretto rewritten by eggheadOBLITERATEAAcross 27: Perfect haircut for Verdi operaAIDAAAcross 28: No ornate coda in revised Mikado score? That's annoyingIRKSOMEAAcross 29: What lark does musically when cycle finishes?ASCENDSDDown 2: Standard tuner ignores second and better halfPARTNERDDown 3: Cuts short recapitulations, except for cello's openingREAPSDDown 4: Complications in section of 14STRINGSDDown 6: Sharp bass impressed Queen's 2ALBERTDDown 7: Britten opera poster put up by posh churchmanBILLYBUDDDDown 8: Measure songster's tempo?TITRATEDDown 9: RADA duos stumbled into old Peruvian dancerISADORA DUNCANDDown 15: Hotel hosts old and new boring musicHARMONIESDDown 18: Smaller version of 14's wee containerCHAMBERDDown 20: Songs of Praise hasn't managed to retain big spaceANTHEMSDDown 21: Hinted Jones the singer's bordering on loud nonethelessALLUDEDDDown 22: 28 quality needs vocalic change for hymnTE DEUMDDown 25: Pears played extra version of 3SPARE