The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 17th August 2020 There are 14 across clues and 12 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 17th August 2020. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Backside mostly elegant and shockingDISGRACEFULAAcross 9: Absorb European margins before taxENGROSSAAcross 10: For starters, Yoko Ono likes kippers — she also coddles some eggYOLK SACAAcross 11: Chuck Yeager maybe rewriting top titlesTEST PILOTAAcross 12: Violent end met by destitute retreating soldiersTROOPAAcross 13: They say command and controlREINAAcross 14: Petrel shot with 13 guns here!TERREPLEINAAcross 16: All done at last, exactly what's neededEVERYTHINGAAcross 19: Help gambler to choose the oddsABETAAcross 20: Sticks and leaves covering rooftopGORESAAcross 21: In prison camp almost come down with right kind of feverGLANDULARAAcross 23: Cats love playing a bit of musicTOCCATAAAcross 24: Publican in Essex keeps dogsCANINESAAcross 25: Manage to follow street code with a listening deviceSTETHOSCOPEDDown 1: Red activists get organised — that shows lots of guts!DIGESTIVETRACTSDDown 2: Shares making a comeback for single masterSLOOPDDown 3: Will do the clue again?RESOLVEDDown 4: It will purge 1 down of muscly stereotypesCLYSTERDDown 5: Writers were aware of extremesFELTTIPSDDown 6: Have no money left in bank account for tripLOSEONESBALANCEDDown 7: Toss rowers around shallow end — they aren't heavyWELTERWEIGHTSDDown 8: One using needles to fix cut-up curtainsACUPUNCTURISTDDown 15: After emergency exits cleared, head off to find visorEYESHADEDDown 17: Keep exclusively clean rubbish!HOGWASHDDown 18: New revolutionary cause to embrace new subtle differencesNUANCESDDown 22: One of 24 doing somersaultsDINGO