The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 10th August 2016 There are 14 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 10th August 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Frightened about ending in jail, like brothers in the hoodCOWLEDAAcross 5: Rambling about getting put in chargeINDIRECTAAcross 9: Time Brussels gets boost from GermanyTEUTONICAAcross 10: Nail destroyed post providing backing for spire's ornamentFINIALAAcross 11: Massive yearly payments for old peopleGRANDPARENTSAAcross 13: Doctor pursues hygiene issue, maybe mineBOMBAAcross 14: Interpretation of Koran has religious craftNOAHSARKAAcross 17: Ebb of a strange sea is something sweetDEMERARAAAcross 18: One divided by unknown number's a problem for schoolkidsACNEAAcross 20: Smart thieves bamboozled suckersHARVESTMITESAAcross 23: Drive close to Ferrari in journeys westwardSPIRITAAcross 24: South American writer's beginning to evoke tensionSUSPENSEAAcross 25: Very fast time Coe runs gets beatenMETEORICAAcross 26: Join son further over the hillSOLDERDDown 2: Outstanding poetic entreaty to marryOWEDDDown 3: It's possibly a suit likely to dress fool upLITIGABLEDDown 4: Refusal of agreement to keep Irish provinceDENIALDDown 5: At home playing Celtic, Man U side almost scoreINCIDENTAL MUSICDDown 6: Skirmish in wood for paymentDEFRAYALDDown 7: Hastened, say, to climb Alps?RANGEDDown 8: What makes CV an authoritative sourceCHAPTERANDDDown 12: Like warning Liberal about voteFOR EXAMPLEDDown 15: There's explosive material in this celebrity's ordealSTAR SHELLDDown 16: Muscle spasm's back? Then help American casualtyMASSETERDDown 19: It's still shrouded in mist, as I saidSTASISDDown 21: See 8VERSEDDown 22: Mass in water dissolves evenlyISLE