The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 28th August 2018 There are 15 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 28th August 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: Lacking humour, though mostly funnyWITHOUTAAcross 8: Doctor reveals more than 2 or 3?SEVERALAAcross 9: Keen to go quietlyWEEPAAcross 10: From earliest times, the odd vampire left behind one blood groupPRIMAEVALAAcross 12: Not even Bale is Wales' last scorerBLISSAAcross 13: One writing grand, fine novel — one with cutting edgePENKNIFEAAcross 15: Regularly looks at TV seriesLOSTAAcross 16: Almost hit daughter coming out of one's shower?CLOUDAAcross 17: Some wind from bared US bumsOBOEAAcross 18: See 14PARADISEAAcross 20: Winter sportsmen not right as weather forecasters?SKIESAAcross 21: Number 4 scores with a boundaryEIGHTY-SIXAAcross 22: Team playing in ChinaMATEAAcross 24: Tesla faults annoying children?TERRORSAAcross 25: Interval drinks? Event has bottlesSEVENTHDDown 1: No talking in Hanover SquareNINEDDown 2: Steal from Polish characters drunk on flight after vacationSHOPLIFTDDown 3: Commotion behind the GuardianRUMPUSDDown 4: Side finally leading game — having changed side, won againREGAINEDDDown 5: Joy needs to pull a manHEAVENDDown 6: Stones' No 1, covered by PrinceHAILDDown 11: Politician into initially inept football team? They're getting betterIMPROVERSDDown 12: Region's flora and fauna in book by Greek characterBIOTADDown 14: Idiot box broadcast ideas for fantastic state of happinessFOOLSDDown 16: Credit Leavers? No question, they're animals to USCRITTERSDDown 17: Wherein one gets stoned — awful dump, I gatheredOPIUM DENDDown 19: Here Norse gods need a second pulloverASGARDDDown 20: Explicit communication by film groupSEXTETDDown 21: Like anteaters and armadillos, say, heading off to back garden?EDENDDown 23: See 21TATE