The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 30th August 2018 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 30th August 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: After a liaison's end, woman's heartacheANGINAAAcross 4: Person stealing beer wants second drinkPILLAGERAAcross 9: Split from sexually open-minded factionBISECTAAcross 10: Feature of some wines, eight swallowed in barSCREWTOPAAcross 11: Tot learning it, one getting potty?TOILET TRAININGAAcross 13: Great structure broadcaster's right to include in rompSKYSCRAPERAAcross 14: Mogul's capital of precious metal with Russia's banksAGRAAAcross 16: Assist with half of letters?ABETAAcross 18: One like Napoleon artist gets to poseSTRATEGISTAAcross 21: Danger's kept for one key war yarnTHEGREATESCAPEAAcross 23: Sue's books, one with a scandalous endingLITIGATEAAcross 24: Like film-maker's second try to knock out westernTAKE TOAAcross 25: Why outspoken opportunist's put before courtCHANCERYAAcross 26: Way a family member shows inactivitySTASISDDown 1: Group's chiastic rhyme schemeABBADDown 2: Rabbit seen twice somewhere in FranceGASCONYDDown 3: Drink to fortify for embellishmentNECKLACEDDown 5: Mostly tinned pulp caterer put awayINCARCERATEDDown 6: False information by great German chemistLIEBIGDDown 7: Motioning to leave EU? This is very revealingG-STRINGDDown 8: Awful ruling blocked by leading revolutionaryREPUGNANTDDown 12: MC Hammer set to star without old ladyTOASTMASTERDDown 13: Poseur swots up about literary workSMARTALECDDown 15: Liking what a songwriter may doPENCHANTDDown 17: 20 lady's plump for a queen giving a twirlELECTRADDown 19: Wow! Current ruler drops ecstasyIMPRESSDDown 20: Mail penned by jerk is depressingTRAGICDDown 22: M&S clothing very large for fashion starMOSS