The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 26th August 2021 There are 14 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 26th August 2021. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Hot dish, then cold, very coldBALTICAAcross 5: Independent female stops near turbinesWIND FARMAAcross 9: Leave a large group of old boozers about to invade part of pitchGOALAREAAAcross 10: Dispense with pony on leaving with white horsesCHOPPYAAcross 11: A little French cash wife's kept in the back of Cornwall?SOUTHWESTERNAAcross 13: Ring round head appearing in encephalogramHALOAAcross 14: Made up name in erudite broadcastREUNITEDAAcross 17: Change, say, then ring one's closest friendALTER EGOAAcross 18: Greek doctor doesn't finish The TempestGALEAAcross 20: This compares different sources of interferenceATMOSPHERICSAAcross 23: One way to carry goods across India, unsuccessfully?IN VAINAAcross 24: A carnival bar opening during summerAESTIVALAAcross 25: European books bound to keep one inside wanting moreESURIENTAAcross 26: It causes climatic changes in ’09, westbound around LimaEL NINODDown 2: Hail in a part of OrkneyAHOYDDown 3: After torrential sleet cloak glassTELESCOPEDDown 4: Sky feature about Irish sport succeededCIRRUSDDown 5: Expected conditions to endure for English actorsWEATHER FORECASTDDown 6: Pearly king no use working with chartered accountantNACREOUSDDown 7: US poet improved briefly in paperFROSTDDown 8: According to some, bank transferred partsREPORTEDLYDDown 12: Praises temperature sustained by unit's cold showerHAILSTONESDDown 15: Downing Street leader's about to pursue German girlINGESTIONDDown 16: Spooner's cleverly ignoring old eastern riposteRESPONSEDDown 19: Every so often trips by girl matterTISSUEDDown 21: Transmitting old northern songON AIRDDown 22: Drops first-class navy trousersRAIN