The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 14th August 2015 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 14th August 2015. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Worst place for the 25sTHE PITSAAcross 5: Receive note about Arizona 3GAZETTEAAcross 10: Steal what 23 doSNIPAAcross 11: He set out to follow minor route to 3BROADSHEETAAcross 12: It's not easy to catch one ordinary mullet, perhapsHAIRDOAAcross 13: A boy dives into lock, depending on the time of yearSEASONALAAcross 14: Old PA friend drinks a shot in court, drawing mediaPEN-AND-INKAAcross 16: Central Scotland in draw for championshipTITLEAAcross 17: Business that covers northeast to axe branches?PRUNEAAcross 19: Unusual amount reworked in filmODD MAN OUTAAcross 23: See 3SCISSORSAAcross 24: Estonian, say, collects a singular 25BASALTAAcross 26: With Yankee, he settles complex PC templateSTYLE SHEETAAcross 27: Minor surgery occasionally fails 25OPALAAcross 28: Jolly priest was prostrate with flu, shiveringPLAYFULAAcross 29: City in France or area in town thereORLEANSDDown 2: This plant stores poison? Then ban edible contentsHENBANEDDown 3: A game of two handsPAPERDDown 4: With this 3, he's ready, perhaps, to produce daily broadsheetTABLOIDDDown 6: Retired editor sent in articles from long rangeANDEANDDown 7: African writer impressed by The Piano after editingETHIOPIANDDown 8: Translate Old English into New Latin? It needs 23TOENAILDDown 9: Signal marks Dorothy's race in mountainsDOTSANDDASHESDDown 15: Soldier's colleague picked up easy targetAUNTSALLYDDown 18: Social centre stops next revolutionary gigRECITALDDown 20: Second best criminal runs for hoodMOBSTERDDown 21: Try to forget information nun spread about kingUNLEARNDDown 22: Big island's hard on footwear, so I've heardHONSHUDDown 25: See 3STONE