The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 26th August 2013 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 26th August 2013. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: I might be suffering and gripped by painSTANDINGAAcross 5: Boy-trap holds 14 lines from poet's brainSONNETAAcross 9: I don't eat mince — might be a cure for you!ANTIDOTEAAcross 10: Hunter, a bishop who breaks plates in twoFERRETAAcross 11: Half envy couple, spoiled in luxuryOPULENCEAAcross 12: A place for teaching whales, collectivelySCHOOLAAcross 14: Soliciting to make the painting squeal!CANVASSINGAAcross 18: Longfellow's poem this girl won't concealEVANGELINEAAcross 22: The army young — half dead with cats aboutCADETSAAcross 23: Cogs ain't moving? I'm inclined to doubtAGNOSTICAAcross 24: It's natural in pub and swallowed, side by sideINNATEAAcross 25: Pitt, Irish playwright, wrote Portillo's guideBRADSHAWAAcross 26: Disturbed desire to live in just one streetRESIDEAAcross 27: In Western Isles the newly-weds he'll meetHEBRIDESDDown 1: A girl's required; no rash could make her rightSHARONDDown 2: A fabled king with skill to hurt — not quiteARTHURDDown 3: A kind of car to shun on motorwayDODGEMDDown 4: Not able to keep ice clear as the dayNOTICEABLEDDown 6: Past players' view: "Such skies may threaten rain"OVERCASTDDown 7: Ran up to bed with chopped ice — that fights painNARCOTICDDown 8: Spread teat with glue — we call it educationTUTELAGEDDown 13: New girl gets stuck with "dragnet restoration"AVANT-GARDEDDown 15: Row about score — "more grouchy", if you wishTETCHIERDDown 16: A children's game that calls for this tinned fishSARDINESDDown 17: A dig up round the Tate that's in a stateAGITATEDDDown 19: Fetch up some wine at once and meditateWONDERDDown 20: Married when losing head and so did yearnITCHEDDDown 21: Cow left in steamship dirty looks will earnSCOWLS