The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 21st August 2024 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 21st August 2024. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: TV team’s working with painter whose oeuvre isn’t in a galleryPAVEMENTAAcross 5: See 1ARTISTAAcross 9: Two gins and it mixed for setting offIGNITINGAAcross 10: Make short tentMARQUEAAcross 12: Start of Macron’s ethnocentrismONSETAAcross 13: Draw in height, first to last, for 1.25%EIGHTIETHAAcross 14: Geeky type teaches at Hogwarts?TRAINSPOTTERAAcross 18: Neophiliac’s line may be winning thereRINGINTHENEWAAcross 21: Absolute pittance left by ex-PM’s declarationUTTERANCEAAcross 23: Yours in slime?THINEAAcross 24: They leave next generation outside the European UnionEXEUNTAAcross 25: Drunk and unfussy lover you picked up wearing cropped topBIBULOUSAAcross 26: Christian vibratorSHAKERAAcross 27: Quit rejecting cat and dog and budgie coverSTEP-DOWNDDown 1: Frequently, agitator restrained by braces as they arePAIROFDDown 2: Be seen no more as a vehicle?VANISHDDown 3: Is traitor up to tech firm’s five pieces afoot?METATARSIDDown 4: Yielding sinners not at faultNON-RESISTANTDDown 4: Yielding sinners not at faultNONRESISTANTDDown 6: Right oven for this?ROASTDDown 7: Many an investigation isn’t planned to cover queues abandoned by the centreINQUESTSDDown 8: He or she print data, not as planned for him or herTHETHIRDDDown 11: Encourages Sherlock of late to get breakfastEGGS BENEDICTDDown 15: Exposed bottom to secure trickOVERTRUMPDDown 16: See 1TROUSERSDDown 17: Four articles about totalitarianism’s ultimate bête noireANATHEMADDown 19: Escort for concert top soloGIGOLODDown 20: See 8PERSONDDown 22: Fruit farm starts out in mountainsRANGE