The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 22nd August 2016 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 22nd August 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Gave out rapidly, as the drunk did?REELEDOFFAAcross 10: Subject those people to the ultimate in abuseTHEMEAAcross 11: Related company takes on new agentCOGNATEAAcross 12: Joint league champions?TOP SIDEAAcross 12: Joint league champions?TOPSIDEAAcross 13: Hesitantly stated a colour and was wrongERREDAAcross 14: After direction, City Hall works as it should!ETHICALLYAAcross 16: Breakdown in deliveries?BOWLINGANALYSISAAcross 19: Doctor, get up and heal this deathly diseaseTHEPLAGUEAAcross 21: Get involved in someone else's business?MERGEAAcross 22: Organised miracle rescueRECLAIMAAcross 23: Worried, hastened to receive religious instructionHARRIEDAAcross 24: Leave word for the FrenchADIEUAAcross 25: Must it end in tragedy following extraordinary scenes?NECESSITYDDown 1: Sports clubCRICKET BATDDown 2: Sit on the fence with dispute between neighbours, perhapsHEDGEROWDDown 3: Consider changing gear on the wayREGARDDDown 4: It used to be very painfulSOREDDown 5: An ample opportunity? Not a bit of it!AFATCHANCEDDown 6: I play-act, badly out of characterATYPICALDDown 7: Servant in upset during dinner, perhapsMENIALDDown 8: Fair to put the head in chargeFETEDDown 14: Date of a battle?ENGAGEMENTDDown 15: Yeasty reds drunk in recent timesYESTERDAYSDDown 17: Sharing common interests — like football clubs?IN LEAGUEDDown 18: Island doctor turns up to be imprisoned in Asia, unexpectedlySARDINIADDown 20: Il Duce turned out to be a mathematicianEUCLIDDDown 21: Doctor got up and downMOROSEDDown 22: See what has been written about publicityREADDDown 23: Even a dull writer may deliver a kickHACK