The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 9th August 2019 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 9th August 2019. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Without prior help, unruly characters in form drop outFROM SCRATCHAAcross 9: Business conducted outside one US college by theatre castLIMITEDAAcross 10: See 9COMPANYAAcross 11: Writer needing reason to join danceBALLPOINTAAcross 12: Constant contributor to employ alumniLOYALAAcross 13: Eastern regime brought back torture, any number fleeingYOGAAAcross 14: New union member's boss booked family accommodationBRIDESHEADAAcross 16: Organised peace tours where atmosphere's lackingOUTER SPACEAAcross 19: Tree from China, source of myrrhPALMAAcross 21: Hot-headed knight getting out of his glad ragsFIERYAAcross 22: Contentious weapons in a vault, with others unopenedATOMBOMBSAAcross 24: Parody about Liberal providing winter sports facilitySKI LIFTAAcross 25: Adult paper under discussionATISSUEAAcross 26: Jar containing dipso's first drinkGIN AND TONICDDown 1: Assembly of relatively 9 10FAMILYGATHERINGDDown 2: Leading spinner playing firstONTOPDDown 3: More bubbly fluid residues English once disposed ofSUDSIERDDown 4: Delivered cold-weather spray to keep temperature risingRECITEDDDown 5: Indestructible clue is appearing regularly in paperTIMELESSDDown 6: Lead singer's notes?HEAVY METAL MUSICDDown 7: Spotted learner driver taken into police custodyBLOBBYDDown 8: What Daisy and friend did presumably in series 4?CYCLEDDDown 15: Wrongdoing concealed by angry criminal where lawyers aboundGRAYSINNDDown 16: Distant Piscean?OFFISHDDown 17: Carriage parking originally halved at public schoolPHAETONDDown 18: Elegant six-footer that aids Sizewell operationCOOLANTDDown 20: Scrooge catching Cratchitt's latest name for himMISTERDDown 23: Mac, small one I found in storeBAIRN