The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 12th August 2016 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 12th August 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: So this occasional error in fact indicts hacks?CORRECTIONSANDAAcross 9: One's ready, but not with paper alight, pleaseALLCHANGEAAcross 10: The laymen are Nick and MarkNOTCHAAcross 11: I'll get cut treated, the source of some stressICTUSAAcross 12: Des leaves car parked behind Green Mile traffic — on line!E-COMMERCEAAcross 12: Des leaves car parked behind Green Mile traffic — on line!ECOMMERCEAAcross 13: Pelicans distributed irregularly?INPLACESAAcross 14: Milligan read him the first half of a good book somewhere in LancashireECCLESAAcross 17: A poor end to performance after classy Here Comes the Sun?AUBADEAAcross 19: With craft I can steer 225º through openingCOXSWAINAAcross 22: Great Asian captain's claim to being eighth in line and not thirdIMRANKHANAAcross 24: King George admitted to past problemsAGGROAAcross 25: Aware of new leading dress materialNINONAAcross 26: Eccentric vicar receiving hair transplant makes a hell of a noiseCHARIVARIAAcross 27: Very long word and polite address to man (Romeo's papa) by surrealist in hospitalSESQUIPEDALIANDDown 1: See 1 acrossCLARIFICATIONSDDown 2: Desk register taken no further than Ozzie?ROLLTOPDDown 3: Cross head cooks with buns for first mateEX-HUSBANDDDown 4: Core of hard task set before a meddlesome typeTINKERERDDown 5: State surrendered, not being ironcladOREGONDDown 6: Dune dweller missing craft in painful practicesSANDMDDown 7: A left turn with a rambling virginNATURALDDown 8: Adroitly moisten with oil at the time massaging gets under way!WHEELSINMOTIONDDown 15: Country area acrostic's constructed aboutCOSTA RICADDown 16: Body weight up and ego shattered!POUNDAGEDDown 18: A noblewoman's unexceptional, if new, descendantBARONNEDDown 20: Freak ringing Mercury up in capital (Asian capital)AFGHANIDDown 21: Pretentious indications of Platonic love?CHICHIDDown 23: Abridged journal's urge is suppressed in squandering 9!NANDQ