The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 7th August 2024 There are 15 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 7th August 2024. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: Kid after shave primarily, one using scissorsSNIPPERAAcross 8: A tinker spattered substance in hairKERATINAAcross 9: Spot trimmed by the earsOTICAAcross 10: Massaging of pate with blue rinse initially respectedREPUTABLEAAcross 12: Step by step in Cuba, taking little bits of moustache and my beard offMAMBOAAcross 13: Host has caught male 5 down?CHAIRMANAAcross 15: Do not cope with right jerks!ETONAAcross 16: Scorer, hairy lips and bustHAYDNAAcross 17: See 15CROPAAcross 18: Skinhead has issue, I noteSEMITONEAAcross 20: Trim off goatee finally, one of those worn by bishopMITREAAcross 21: Christening baby after rear wiped, bun on it combed back firstBAPTISMALAAcross 22: Organ in doll originally shaved offINDYAAcross 24: Whinge about this Latin styleMOHICANAAcross 25: Style of workers’ accommodation?BEEHIVEDDown 1: Tangle of hair by no means under discussion?KNOTDDown 2: Pieces with mane oddly plaited, for exampleSPECIMENDDown 3: Eccentric hairstyle on which barrier placedWEIRDODDown 4: Stop and check locks in tsar when unrulyRESTRAINDDown 5: Cutter and scorerBARBERDDown 6: Get food stuck in beard, in eatingDINEDDown 11: Jumbo, say, tender daughter has filled in stylePACHYDERMDDown 12: Length of some tress?METREDDown 14: Love fringes on amigo with red wavesADOREDDown 16: Thug knocking over John and Henry, one with crew cutHOOLIGANDDown 17: In which fur sent flying with Spooner’s big bird?CATFIGHTDDown 19: Rascal with mop going bald, hurtIMPAIRDDown 20: Swimming style?MULLETDDown 21: Slip over in styleBOOBDDown 23: Princess sends old queen up in styleDIVA