The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 20th August 2015 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 20th August 2015. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Those billed for Guinness ads?TOUCANSAAcross 5: See 24EHRLICHAAcross 9: Bit of publicity for doctorPROMOAAcross 10: One "trying out" sherry regularly, after gas found in bottomREHEARSERAAcross 11: Such a response is not wanted from setter's in-car mobile menuAUTOIMMUNEAAcross 12: Immuniser isn't administered in Casualty? Strange!ANTIAAcross 14: Drug selectively targeting a soldier — initially Colonel Bogey — sporting ridiculous haircutMAGIC BULLETAAcross 18: Sweetheart's heading off with wrong man's cats?ABYSSINIANSAAcross 21: 24's predecessor in Vatican officeJOHNAAcross 22: Complaint: "Doctor hit her with iPad"DIPHTHERIAAAcross 25: Putting back the burden on large roundabout in Berkshire townRELOADINGAAcross 26: Letters from 24, translated for extremistULTRAAAcross 27: Error in game to show when first doubledMISPLAYAAcross 28: When sick, all rest is excellentSTELLARDDown 1: Perfectly keeping bar's setting musicalTOP HATDDown 2: Y Blake's rival on spikes: "Ultimately they make things faster going round a bend"UBOLTSDDown 3: Measure dealing with small matter of a cat originally common in Siam's stewsATOMIC MASSDDown 4: See 12SERUMDDown 5: Herbal remedy in tablet? Mate takes oneECHINACEADDown 6: Bellow "Right of admission reserved"ROARDDown 7: Hospital to see after father ignored pain in senseless fashionINSANELYDDown 8: Musicians getting drunk, we hear, during rash benderHARPISTSDDown 13: Portuguese host left out bubbly in place offering starters for 19 & 20?GUESTHOUSEDDown 15: Good breeding shown by male — one drunk before end of partyGENTILITYDDown 16: Herb little woman found in grassMARJORAMDDown 17: Awful lip and hissy fit? Not having this!SYPHILISDDown 19: A goal at last, after save involving header from Robbie SavageBRUTALDDown 20: Arab hammered over state of US marketplaceBAZAARDDown 23: Physicist showing fine weather systems good for heartsHIGGSDDown 24: Ill chap, at first really unwell, expertly treated by hospital's immunologistPAUL