The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 3rd August 2015 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 3rd August 2015. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Subdue back of class at frequent intervalsSOFTENAAcross 4: Story gets backing — editor in high spiritsELATEDAAcross 9: Place to use deception at universityLIEUAAcross 10: Suffering with relatives? Write to these for adviceAGONYAUNTSAAcross 11: Strike for which the catering staff is responsibleBUFFETAAcross 12: Order cattle by the headNEATNESSAAcross 13: How seasick people feel on disembarking?BETTER OFFAAcross 15: Fruit attached to the trunkHIPSAAcross 16: Intervals quietly employed in empty talkGAPSAAcross 17: Ballet posture of Lincoln in square danceARABESQUEAAcross 21: Demonstrates hostility to private accommodationBARRACKSAAcross 22: A number of horses making way to arenaSTRINGAAcross 24: About a hundred men come out to set the ball rolling againRECOMMENCEAAcross 25: Large number seen in a doctor's roundsAMMOAAcross 26: Give a plain description of French capitalDEFINEAAcross 27: What boy did with toy — and same with game!RHYMEDDDown 1: Capture by sudden attackSEIZUREDDown 2: Blunder will get you downFLUFFDDown 3: Retired thespian appearing as Shylock?EXACTORDDown 5: Bet on chap not being a clericLAYMANDDown 6: Repeated absenteeism gets curates in troubleTRUANCIESDDown 7: Has a hatred of French examsDETESTSDDown 8: It's cheap and any number can get it, apparentlyGOINGFORASONGDDown 14: Past offer may result in contractsTAPERSOFFDDown 16: OK to take the leadGO-AHEADDDown 18: Beg bread initially, then cheese spreadBESEECHDDown 19: Undistinguished and mundane assemblyUNNAMEDDDown 20: Perspicacity shown by a hundred university chapsACUMENDDown 23: True capital of Moroccan kingdomREALM