The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 11th August 2022 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 11th August 2022. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Exercise you must do to get higher with liftPRESS-UPAAcross 5: Composer in debt took on too muchOVERDIDAAcross 9: Antelopes put back in container, when picked upREEBOKSAAcross 10: Declare old partner's demand for alimonyEXCLAIMAAcross 11: Try twice to swallow vitamin for painful conditionHEARTBURNAAcross 12: Complete fool when forgetting nameUTTERAAcross 13: Chaucer's first poems, which need decipheringCODESAAcross 15: Master in a hurry becoming new resident of hospitalINPATIENTAAcross 17: Financier on cocaine makes a chilly impressionSNOWANGELAAcross 19: Teacher turning to take on very loud musical piecesRIFFSAAcross 22: Ordered apprentice inside to make a swordBLADEAAcross 23: Put a leper through treatment that's going on for everPERPETUALAAcross 25: Awkward suitor bearing ring is causing troubleRIOTOUSAAcross 26: Quiet by perimeter — until one shows up!SHOUTERAAcross 27: Confederate arresting work unit causes a reactionALLERGYAAcross 28: Contract makes cheat switch son for daughterDWINDLEDDown 1: Chirpy redhead devastated by such a victory, perhapsPYRRHICDDown 2: Stone delivered from them by cockney messengerEMERALDDDown 3: Informer provides material for insider tradingSNOUTDDown 4: Not quite top drawer coder is showing offPOSTURINGDDown 5: OECD chief explodes at national leaders as this rises?OCEANDDown 6: Meet with French chap upset about matter he ingestedENCOUNTERDDown 7: One forced to join up — that sounds chillingDRAFTEEDDown 8: Black mark put me into same boring old spinDEMERITDDown 14: Erect foundations to accommodate old actors' entranceSTAGE DOORDDown 16: Loser paid for breaking into two campsPOLARISEDDDown 17: Colder than Coventry for those sent into isolation?SIBERIADDown 18: Where Frankfurter might be found doing well?ONAROLLDDown 20: Turfed out when retaining information that's productiveFRUITEDDDown 21: Rangers are part of what leads press to reveal overspendingSPLURGEDDown 23: Share rating at upper limit? That's annoyingPESKYDDown 24: Pathogen that turns up regularly in gill pouchesE. COLI