The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 24th August 2017 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 24th August 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Actor grabs at modelTEMPLATEAAcross 9: A fair landALIGHTAAcross 10: Actor on rich food regimenDIETAAcross 11: Execrable starter in kebabs and processed food from cansBAKEDBEANSAAcross 12: Actor Bardot's odd characters?BRANDOAAcross 14: Like a simple tune? Wrong actorSINGABLEAAcross 15: How solid is refuse around squat?DENSITYAAcross 17: Actor not vacuous, sweetFONDANTAAcross 20: Actor punched by a clergymanCHAPLAINAAcross 22: Actor after small slipper for Father Christmas?SLEIGHAAcross 23: Wonderful outstanding actor beginning in theatre, ItalianFLORENTINEAAcross 24: See 2CURLAAcross 25: Put down setter, entertained by actorDEMEANAAcross 26: Lincolnshire town actor, overactor?GRANTHAMDDown 1: Crack big, but not black, with deeper descentPEDIGREEDDown 2: Culprits thrown out, lock flat?SPITDDown 3: In leaving child, love hollow stuffBAMBOODDown 4: Hungry like an actor?PECKISHDDown 5: Dance cool and bursting with energyFANDANGODDown 6: Teams go off riding in unorthodox mannerSIDESADDLEDDown 7: Heart of course absent in Scent of a WomanCHANELDDown 13: Snoop or pry and sneak offNOSY-PARKERDDown 16: Instruction leaflet ultimately wetTRAININGDDown 18: One inspired by high earning AfricanNIGERIANDDown 19: Knock top prize moneyINNINGSDDown 21: Antique possessed by female actorHOLDENDDown 22: Deep wound reported as plank sat uponSEESAWDDown 24: Musical — characters associated, primarily, with EliotCATS