The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 27th August 2013 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 27th August 2013. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: Moderation, yet Boris might achieve itSOBRIETYAAcross 9: Maybe a group of bankers all at sea?ABOARDAAcross 10: It's like baking without gasAKINAAcross 11: Boy hugs girl in EssexBILLERICAYAAcross 12: Wed without children? Nits!SPLICEAAcross 14: How Rees becomes the foreman?OVERSEERAAcross 15: Hide endless Mediterranean islandSECRETEAAcross 17: With apprehension of little boys at arm's lengthALARMEDAAcross 20: Break up with plunge over reflected failureDISSOLVEAAcross 22: Well this is a bit rich!HEELEDAAcross 23: Where to get off colour in clothGILLINGHAMAAcross 24: Ineffectual character died with a short prayerDRIPAAcross 25: Insect let out anotherBEETLEAAcross 26: Encounter that's not just pettish?DOGFIGHTDDown 1: You can't Adam and Eve it!PORKYPIEDDown 2: Architect seen to be right in new erectionWRENDDown 3: College accommodates a large number here in GloucestershireKEMBLEDDown 4: Spring flower Spooner calls unadorned miseryHAREBELLDDown 5: Tories rise to be sprayed with spitROTISSERIEDDown 6: Something quite clear can easily become mysteriousARCANEDDown 8: Shout with painful cry and colourYELLOWDDown 13: Tories' rule broken, lacking purpose …IRRESOLUTEDDown 16: … thanks to fast party leader with abilityTALENTEDDDown 18: Military order (excluding front rank) that makes senseEYESIGHTDDown 19: It helps to do them wrongMETHODDDown 21: One grows up and bloomsIRISESDDown 22: Where one lives without a good reverence for one's superior?HOMAGEDDown 24: Something raised short of a bloomerDAIS