The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 27th August 2014 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 27th August 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Not a row of collaborators as fifth regular featureCOLUMNAAcross 4: Trump after starting: "Some chicken! Some neck!"SCRUFFAAcross 9: Six here playing a part with Tudor womenPORTMANTEAU WORDAAcross 10: Sturdy beachwear removing a kind of shirt insteadSTRONGAAcross 11: Where to learn about cattle crossingOXBRIDGEAAcross 12: Hunk of meat followed by pudding?BEEFCAKEAAcross 14: Turning out friendless portrayalROTARYAAcross 15: What burnt ally in this countryNAPALMAAcross 18: Keen on ice cream sundae, initially in cold storageCRYONICSAAcross 21: Cunning ultimate in balls?GOOGLIESAAcross 22: Idiot from Ulster?NITWITAAcross 24: Fat beer tum wobbles in passionately produced operaMADAMEBUTTERFLYAAcross 25: Top jobs, less worryOBSESSAAcross 26: At nearly ten to ten, Times setter first to get chilli con carne?TEXMEXDDown 1: Carroll had on record this laugh's etymological originsCHORTLEDDown 2: Subject of a bid to drawLOTTODDown 3: Setter's queen escapes from Algeria — what a pain!MYALGIADDown 5: Dictionary incompletely defines "a place of debate"CHAMBERDDown 6: Winter nut is spelt out? NoUNWRITTENDDown 7: Chapter in Steppenwolf, or a German sustenance seekerFORAGERDDown 8: Ten toes spread out with no purposeOTIOSEDDown 13: A girl's fan, peut-êtreFRANGLAISDDown 16: Green making a fuss about vote cast being halvedAVOCADODDown 17: But French study admitted young womenMAIDENSDDown 18: Music a squeezebox provides for headgearCASQUEDDown 19: River voyage danger? Ditch dozens in the centreYANGTZEDDown 20: At first camera held poorly? Cut! Cut and calm down!CHILLAXDDown 23: No end to the peculiar beatTHRUM