The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 14th August 2024 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 14th August 2024. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Releasing gas including hydrogen (an amount you barely notice)FARTHINGAAcross 5: Almost devoured some bananas nearbyAT HANDAAcross 9: Diagram of dessert with mostly poorly mixed fillingFLOOR PLANAAcross 11: What remains of a public speaking platformSTUMPAAcross 12: Cryptic clue: ‘Moocher’s artistic feature’COLOUR SCHEMEAAcross 15: A piece, when put together, found in tea chestEACHAAcross 16: Current – energy + time, figuratively and in symbolsAMPERSANDSAAcross 18: Veg and fruit nutcase takes in the wrong wayPEARL ONIONAAcross 19: Saint engaged in bowel movementELMOAAcross 21: Break up fog with a green concoctionSPLIT-PEA SOUPAAcross 24: Titled person’s bad mood after losing headOWNERAAcross 25: On camera, I whipped up a drinkAMERICANOAAcross 26: By and large, Oscars host Ellen comes back calm and restfulSERENEAAcross 27: Bawdy record, what a jazz musician may produceBLUE NOTEDDown 1: Instrument composed of elements 9, 53 and 26FIFEDDown 2: Bird seen in a corner?ROOKDDown 3: Dessert, for the most part, is tartHARLOTDDown 4: In no man’s land, Lee shot world leaderNELSON MANDELADDown 6: TT’s precedent-setter?TEST CASEDDown 7: A smart-alecky fish? That ain’t rightACUTE ANGLEDDown 8: Electronic news media captivated by Céline’s economic woesDEPRESSIONDDown 10: Calmness (or irritability, à la Superman?)NERVES OF STEELDDown 13: Rotten bunch’s drunken exploits on board shipSEXPISTOLSDDown 14: ER’s namesake’s one sadly unrecognisable after bugs removedOCEAN LINERDDown 17: Force on trial wrongfully, but this straightens things outFLATIRONDDown 20: It’s rough to turn up with a blind trioPUMICEDDown 22: Yoga instructor bends over backwards to accommodate ShakespeareanIAGODDown 23: Form of oxygen, oxygen absent in spaceZONE