The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 12th August 2021 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 12th August 2021. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Thirty seconds initially spent framing paintings of birdsMARTINSAAcross 5: Almonds one scattered around mountains produce fruitORANGESAAcross 9: Church's bouncy castle isn't for grown-ups to enterSAINTAAcross 10: See 5ANDLEMONSAAcross 11: Mates unhappy with Jeremy? They decreaseSTEAMIRONSAAcross 12: No 7 assistantAIDEAAcross 14: Like the centre of Bordeaux, without barriers and without weaponsDEFENCELESSAAcross 18: Force two to pick up easily digestible French cheesesLIGHT BREEZEAAcross 21: Limited containment of bugMITEAAcross 22: Waterside dump in LondonSHOREDITCHAAcross 25: Sustenance for worried nit nurse? About time!NUTRIENTSAAcross 26: Inventor's clangersBELLSAAcross 27: One is overwhelmed by ogre's howlsSHRIEKSAAcross 28: Twit's betrayalTREASONDDown 1: Poor treatment partly makes us immigrants riseMISUSEDDown 2: Trashed uniform adopted by leftieRUINEDDDown 3: Dietitian upset about slimmer's heart scareINTIMIDATEDDown 4: It's a wobbly rooftop stepSTAIRDDown 5: India gripped by guns as ritualORDINANCEDDown 6: Even members of yacht team excuse me!AHEMDDown 7: Starts to get out of drowning in debt — expert advice is a useful suggestionGOODIDEADDown 8: Anxious uncertainty getting lift could develop into spitefulnessSUSPENSEDDown 13: Trustworthy English writer turning naughty, led off outsideDEPENDABLEDDown 15: See 24FARTHINGSDDown 16: See 9CLEMENTSDDown 17: Schedule inverted by a sod of a troublemakerAGITATORDDown 19: Record reader and writerSTYLUSDDown 20: Member of Trinity reported in newspaperTHESUNDDown 23: Taken again by shocker heading northRESATDDown 24: Distant object in game is your debt, according to the 26 of 9 1 acrossFIVE