The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 11th August 2016 There are 14 across clues and 10 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 11th August 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Italian broadcast in stereoTORINESEAAcross 9: Sharp needle — no need for it, day surgery's endingLEMONYAAcross 10: Player is inspired by Milton (abridged)OBOISTAAcross 11: Beauty in unelected British leaders?MAY QUEENAAcross 12: House backing newspaper, though not leaderSEMIAAcross 13: Fancy dealings with church look anything but straightforward?SIDE-GLANCEAAcross 15: Agonising facts cut into mePAINFULAAcross 16: Difficult taking wrench into workPRICKLYAAcross 18: Why Saturday never comes alone?FRIENDLESSAAcross 19: Team gloatedCREWAAcross 20: Pretty me in female bowler, say?SOMEWHATAAcross 22: See 17ONABITAAcross 23: Bird entrails, but not of rookFALCONAAcross 24: Piece of meat stuffing baguettes, I once recalledNOISETTEDDown 1: Hand in middle of puppet, possibly? Show two little boysDOUBLEPAIRROYALDDown 2: Within lateral partition, hairlike structures, indefinite number openingSICILIANDEFENCEDDown 3: The sad criminal with muscle in band of assassinsDEATH SQUADDDown 4: Insults thrown after end of four months on a British Overseas TerritoryBERMUDADDown 5: Earth healing heart?CLAYDDown 6: A doctor unfortunately can heal and cures lawyer after an accident?AMBULANCE CHASERDDown 7: Member welcomed by literati once shifting between Yale and Harvard, say?INTERCOLLEGIATEDDown 14: Cog so pricy to fix, spinning as a ship's navigational aid, say?GYROSCOPICDDown 17: Elderly, compatible to some extentGETTINGDDown 21: Female animal is backHIND