The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 25th August 2017 There are 16 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 25th August 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Author's odd email covering sign about last letterEMILE ZOLAAAcross 10: Instructions for shooting 17, 12, 13 acrossREADYAAcross 11: Lout's gleeful cryYAHOOAAcross 11: Lout's gleeful cryYAHOO!AAcross 12: You might be in this case, not IOBJECTIVEAAcross 13: Refuse to accept part of record is missingDISMISSAAcross 14: Runs I later scrambled in test, following failure in firstRETRIALAAcross 17: Money from party that's awful!DOUGHAAcross 19: See 10AIMAAcross 20: Chapter by unknown writer, or part of oneCANONAAcross 21: Insectivore finally found in East Asian countryECHIDNAAAcross 22: It protects the trunk as US car is wreckedCUIRASSAAcross 24: Purely structural approach supporting African country's millionsFORMALISMAAcross 26: From part of Greece, where final flight goes?ATTICAAcross 28: Big game at home is taken in by foreign characterRHINOAAcross 29: Tunes represented in a scrollCARILLONSDDown 1: Cathedral site south of river bankRELYDDown 2: Instructions for shooting 16, 20, 27LIGHTSDDown 3: Totally refuted line I dropped after protestDEMOLISHEDDDown 4: Liable to leak, like a patriotic American hiding nothingPOROUSDDown 5: Leading article male's written about right herb for cookingMARJORAMDDown 6: Pot, we hear, animal with valuable skinCROCDDown 7: French citizen taking part in sin — and endlesslyPARISIANDDown 8: Guilty person, at heart, is kindTYPEDDown 13: Duke protected by magistrate in escapeDODGEDDown 15: Score includes century after start of play, in line with planTACTICALLYDDown 16: Carries around new pair found in chestLUNGSDDown 18: Our niche redone in yellowUNHEROICDDown 19: If absolutely necessary, holding a non-violent strike in checkATAPINCHDDown 22: See 2CAMERADDown 23: See 2ACTIONDDown 24: See 10FIREDDown 25: It's a very old wicket, so declareAVOWDDown 27: Clansmen being oddly selective, for instanceCASE