The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 24th August 2021 There are 15 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 24th August 2021. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: In refrain, trombone leads to start of musicINTROAAcross 10: Head of conservatoire appearing again on radio, playing instrumentACCORDIONAAcross 11: Outlaws are sent legal IDs, lest these be discoveredRENEGADESAAcross 12: Boatman's Boatman, you say? I don't agree!MYEYEAAcross 13: Liable to have start of music replacing run in trumpetTOBLAMEAAcross 15: Arrive on a higher note?PITCHUPAAcross 17: Get wrong note out with this instrumentBUGLEAAcross 18: Unfashionable dance music causing muscle contractionLATAAcross 20: Elgar composition for portable organREGALAAcross 22: Get another instrument — there's a note missingREORDERAAcross 25: Instrument's voice, even used with acoustic of large venueOCARINAAAcross 26: Notes written here in Home Counties about tax returnSTAVEAAcross 27: Look after work containing tangle of Mexican fruitTOMATILLOAAcross 30: Race with turns that are slipperyCRESTARUNAAcross 31: How to use veto to get leader from jesting with this instrument?BANJODDown 1: One shows little authenticity in sound of instrumentLIARDDown 2: Six-footer humming middle of sestet in key's first errorSTINKBUGDDown 3: Horse around on instrumentGONGDDown 4: Instrument is Spooner's orchestral nightmareHANDBELLDDown 5: Speculator, denying role in collapse, causes troubleACTSUPDDown 6: They satisfy a burning need but their clients always arrive lateCREMATORIADDown 7: Cutting-edge music, selling well with City hipsters at firstHI-TECHDDown 8: Formerly connected with every other member’s disappearanceONCEDDown 13: Boatman is into rock (a follower of Yes?) with this instrumentTABORDDown 14: Changes in speech implied stopping reparationAMENDMENTSDDown 16: Originating perhaps overseas, like Kathak, as a dancePOLKADDown 19: Diverting to marina, which is in SicilyTAORMINADDown 21: Questioning start of gig, with band assumed sickGRILLINGDDown 23: Ridiculous orange beastONAGERDDown 24: Three notes with bow outRETIREDDown 26: Instrument, but missing bagSACKDDown 28: Join up as part of orchestraTUBADDown 29: Instrument of empty honourOBOE