The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 14th August 2023 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 14th August 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Ear of horse with hard growth on the frontCORN COBAAcross 1: Ear of horse with hard growth on the frontCORNCOBAAcross 5: Hamper available that climber may needCRAMPONAAcross 9: First-class kind of brainwaveALPHAAAcross 10: What tea bag does is ruinedGOESTOPOTAAcross 11: Staff receiving unexpectedly nice hug, but one is firedMACHINE GUNAAcross 11: Staff receiving unexpectedly nice hug, but one is firedMACHINEGUNAAcross 12: Losing energy, more refined sound from petPURRAAcross 14: Accounts people boxed in have to give, after some swearingTESTIMONIESAAcross 18: Let priest go casting out troublesome spiritPOLTERGEISTAAcross 21: Book, not initially non-fictionRUTHAAcross 22: Son finally getting wheels, but not on thisSNOWMOBILEAAcross 25: Vehicle needs insurance to go round university cityVANCOUVERAAcross 26: Prone to dishonestyLYINGAAcross 27: Save nobody and nothingDAMNALLAAcross 28: Young swimmer to plead being injuredTADPOLEDDown 1: Like a shellfish, might you say, sticky and damp?CLAMMYDDown 2: Freshly arrange record in shelfREPACKDDown 3: Ben Hur for one a wildly enjoyable event — applause all roundCHARIOTEERDDown 4: Said to be one more than expected in golf trolleyBOGIEDDown 5: Composer has sweet child in IndiaCHERUBINIDDown 6: To a degree, one may be master of theseARTSDDown 7: To which one does dad dancing?POP MUSICDDown 8: Fail to get up to acknowledge formallyNOTARISEDDown 13: Restrained right-winger attacked onlineCONTROLLEDDDown 15: A long read for the old folks' outing?SAGANOVELDDown 16: Some schools used to be ticked offAPPROVEDDDown 17: Special nuptial mass for recent jubileePLATINUMDDown 19: Swinging both ways in pool, manifesting sexual impulseLIBIDODDown 20: Inadequate? Some agree, but only someMEAGREDDown 23: Sausage of lowest quality for an audienceWURSTDDown 24: Pass up a soft drinkCOLA