The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 6th August 2021 There are 12 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 6th August 2021. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 4: Musician's time to follow sextet againVIBISTAAcross 6: Stripping off, assistant crime-fighter breaks gun outUNROBINGAAcross 9: What stalker does for walks, oddlyPROWLSAAcross 10: Time (100 years) in enclosure like each other across answer?BIRDCAGEAAcross 11: Lager better in a cocktail? It's too badREGRETTABLEAAcross 15: Address to superior officer going back and forth in windSIROCCOAAcross 17: Name again protected by secret? It leaksRETITLEAAcross 18: Thin quality of cape put on head of Swiss bank?SLENDERNESSAAcross 22: Alaskan often on the pull is quiet after sexMALEMUTEAAcross 23: Guy backing fighter where he had a thrilling fight?MANILAAAcross 24: River feature, one parent of ugly ducklings?ASWAN DAMAAcross 25: Sci-fi writer's bit of exaltation in religious groupCLARKEDDown 1: Princess has aged no endISOLDEDDown 2: Wanting wood mite burned, unfortunatelyUNTIMBEREDDDown 3: Loss of guts from fish biting large parts of lineCOLD FEETDDown 4: Evil at heart, become bad and spitefulVIPERISHDDown 5: British feller's postersBLOGGERSDDown 7: Trump, scratching bottom, is a terrible fellowIVANDDown 8: Errand boy not following viable planGOERDDown 12: Shades including black on woodcutT-BONE STEAKDDown 13: Harder pork pie consumed by pilotSTEELIERDDown 14: Each French writer holding universal swayPERSUADEDDown 16: Setter gasping a small feature of WindowsCASEMENTDDown 19: Swallowing tablet, recover in truthREALLYDDown 20: Desperate disheartened Madame Bovary?EMMADDown 21: After opening of bottle, down coke in New YorkBLOW