The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 14th August 2014 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 14th August 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Caught with dancing muse in river, I'm sorry I have to goEXCUSEMEAAcross 9: Perfunctory "medic" with heart replacementQUICKAAcross 10: Second favourite revolving stageSTEPAAcross 11: Old master's dreadful composition — see insideFEUDAL LORDAAcross 12: Tart's topping dislodged by Jack's nervous movementJITTERAAcross 14: Back cooler on top of fur cape, which is just awfulNAFFNESSAAcross 16: Capital new look waistbandNAIROBIAAcross 18: A bit of a state when completely surrounded by foreignersEXCLAVEAAcross 21: X-ray unit processes not greenROENTGENAAcross 23: Like more piano? RelatePREFERAAcross 24: Take care to avoid ox on plainSTEERCLEARAAcross 26: Beat bird backTONKAAcross 27: Easily get through Disney zone?WALTZAAcross 28: Insecure person taking drugs as the answerRESPONSEDDown 1: A country's get-out: providing former broadcaster with tax-free investmentEXITVISADDown 2: See 23PUMPDDown 3: Livestock provided in here freeHEIFERDDown 4: Old lay sister being involved with EUBEGUINEDDown 5: Paraquat has no peripheral role as waterAQUADDown 6: Poem: "The Holiday Home, the Royal Mistress and Earl"VILLANELLEDDown 7: Blue-pink endless islandSKYROSDDown 13: Lively Italian piece of music: thank-you rave by jazz legendTARANTELLADDown 15: Cause discolouration of a Quaker?FOXDDown 17: Plumb ugly housing tapBUGDDown 19: Like Schubert's rocking "Seven" in EVIENNESEDDown 20: Forget studies of tragic role in curtailed Nunn productionUNLEARNDDown 22: Capital raised by ace inventor: zeroOTTAWADDown 23: Petty mythological abductor with hard footwearPARISHDDown 25: Intimate chat of a lord with a good track record, reportedlyCOZEDDown 26: Pace is wrong on the reboundTROT