The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 29th August 2019 There are 15 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 29th August 2019. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Current takes rook circling woodIROKOAAcross 10: In the habit of being beaten?CLOBBEREDAAcross 11: Storing spades and hoseSTOCKINGSAAcross 12: Supporter making one smileI-BEAMAAcross 13: Approval of hair arrangement, involving initially uncut diamondsPLAUDITAAcross 15: Look happy to get solution to clue overLIGHT UPAAcross 17: Fool around near GulfABYSSAAcross 18: M1's gender-specific crewMANAAcross 20: In Mexico, the inclination for a benderELBOWAAcross 22: Old lover, smooth, fast moverEXPRESSAAcross 25: Isolated figure to expose 'fake news king'OUTLIERAAcross 26: Desire for drink? No way, given day and positionTHIRDAAcross 27: Rare moth flitting round home in Yorkshire townROTHERHAMAAcross 30: Descriptive of a kind of monster novelist: the Old Devil, for a startGREEN-EYEDAAcross 31: That's a surprise celebrityGLORYDDown 1: They take in sarcastic commentsDIGSDDown 2: Working without pay? 'Oh, flipping no!', Rex and Ray snappedHONORARYDDown 3: Decrepit old thing fails to start musicROCKDDown 4: Exercised caution with Mike's poisonous plantACONITUMDDown 5: Gold Coast's heart and soul freely accepts new government envoyCONSULDDown 6: Not everything that was written about game bird by conservation bodyABRIDGMENTDDown 7: Determine position of Imbruglia's top ten hit, led by GoldORIENTDDown 8: An occupier of Eden Avenue's main blockADAMDDown 13: Unsettle sound stagePHASEDDown 14: Part of a line of harmonic accompaniment about to stopDESCENDANTDDown 16: Might have an obligation to reside in Porbandar's outskirtsPOWERDDown 19: Diet no-no, munched at this time of day?NOONTIDEDDown 21: City's bishop about to restrict those with conservative viewsBRIGHTONDDown 23: Bush needs fix under pressurePRIVETDDown 24: Poor Cats actor finally gets dressed in old corsetsSTRAYSDDown 26: African country's version of takeawayTOGODDown 28: Bite lipEDGEDDown 29: Old people blossom with oneMAYA