The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 16th August 2019 There are 15 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 16th August 2019. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Pride perhaps lacking in many soldiersLIONSAAcross 10: On camera, I ground coffeeAMERICANOAAcross 11: Group that's favoured by conservativesSTATUS QUOAAcross 12: Wives here married after careerHAREMAAcross 13: Journalists oddly shunning nice giftPRESSIEAAcross 15: Where the poor live and suffer, without a chance to dreamSLUMBERAAcross 17: Subsequently cut both ends off beamsAFTERAAcross 18: You and I loudly rejected what 'they' are in 25's 4 22FEWAAcross 20: Half-cut idiot, hardly cavalry materialTWILLAAcross 22: See 4ANARCHYAAcross 25: Place of horror described by fine revolutionary poetSHELLEYAAcross 26: Left Asian port carrying cargoLADENAAcross 27: Nonconformist morals curbing distant source of powerSOLARFARMAAcross 30: Family and offspring following good manKINGSPAWNAAcross 31: Slick Blair seen on TVSHEENDDown 1: Sadly disheartened George Orwell, for oneALASDDown 2: Bonding by sharing tiny things: love can flourish over timeCOVALENTDDown 3: Hairy chap partaking of the sauceESAUDDown 4: Irregular forces abruptly quash many a 25's response to PeterlooMASQUEOFDDown 5: Stirring at last: 'Shake your chains to earth' like champions!HEROESDDown 6: House of Lords is backing contents of your letter in outlineSILHOUETTEDDown 7: Change of direction regarding Britain in EU capitalZAGREBDDown 8: Weaver caught in Peterloo massacreLOOMDDown 13: Endless fun with Izzard once on American squarePLAZADDown 14: Austerity of centrists distorted societySTRICTNESSDDown 16: Run to join forces and gain strengthRALLYDDown 19: Fens used to be drained, Hull alsoWASHLANDDDown 21: Undernourished bears attack, lacking food and destined to failILL-FATEDDDown 23: Passionate bard sent to unseat leadersARDENTDDown 24: Minion of 29, cycling round outskirts of EcclesYES-MANDDown 26: Fancy corresponding?LIKEDDown 28: Get high in train shed on a regular basisRISEDDown 29: We ultimately embody what 'ye' are in 25's 4 22MANY