The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 22nd August 2024 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 22nd August 2024. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Line sauna roughly and make like winter?ANNUALISEAAcross 10: Dress up puritanical PriestPRIMPAAcross 11: Relevant article in support of stance being curtailedAPROPOSAAcross 12: More than one player is captivated by redesigned bootsOBOISTSAAcross 13: Sporting challenge has advertised keen attitude at firstHAKAAAcross 14: Outcast ditching husband – possibly means to block that, failing to recall meaningful thingsPARAMNESIAAAcross 16: Worry boarding attitude will do for ship’s capacityTONNAGEAAcross 17: Firm line taken aboard competition boatCORACLEAAcross 19: Kid sailor with answer about parrotJACKANAPESAAcross 22: Old Emperor and old King leaving caveOTTOAAcross 24: A lot of fog and wet weather leading to cattle diseaseMURRAINAAcross 25: A small detective seen in pub, confusedINASPINAAcross 26: Surplus, no longer a soldier? Tense insideEXTRAAAcross 27: What’s dear in France? Alien cooking (top Chinese)CHOU EN-LAIDDown 1: Standard to have a piece of clothing under sloping channel – one aspires to a soft landingPARACHUTE JUMPERDDown 2: Nun moved to go around without money, without respiteUNBROKENDDown 3: Greek character, one in Kipling swallowing up pagesKAPPADDown 4: Tells everyone about speed where planes flyAIR SPACEDDown 4: Tells everyone about speed where planes flyAIRSPACEDDown 5: School body retaining chess expert for gamePELOTADDown 6: Posh joke over attempt to secure senior officer further inlandUP-COUNTRYDDown 6: Posh joke over attempt to secure senior officer further inlandUPCOUNTRYDDown 7: King and unmarried girls – here’s some amorous activityKISSESDDown 8: Posit Asia agenda presented in novel form here?APASSAGETOINDIADDown 15: Articles about bloke turning up in excellent headgearPANAMA HATDDown 17: Someone expecting payback about social media user dismissing a DemocratCREDITORDDown 18: A strike blocking fashionable projectCATAPULTDDown 20: Minister’s signal to collar scoundrelCURATEDDown 21: Fine to leave continent having seized new medicinal plantARNICADDown 23: Indication of agreement accepted by potential energy recipientPAYEE