The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 23rd August 2024

There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 23rd August 2024. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Cash (both extremes) described by newspaper articles – like so?	RAGSTO
AAcross 4:	Body, jeepers, exuded fluid!
AAcross 9:	Sun with dawn briefly seen
AAcross 10:	Mechanism on bike all rider has used, oddly, when changing
AAcross 11:	See 1
AAcross 12:	Take a seat in restaurant, perhaps, not beyond solver?
AAcross 13:	Llama and ape scrapping, in goes hard chest-beating primate	ALPHAMALE
AAcross 15:	See 8 Down
AAcross 16:	Wait, POTU?
AAcross 17:	A sign of the swine being completed by cruciverbalist, finally – eureka!	AHAMOMENT
AAcross 21:	Ears ain’t in need of treatment – so well?
AAcross 22:	Exposure of song just written for the radio?
AAcross 24:	Flirt cut by villain with end of weapon – as slash seen?
AAcross 25:	See 8 Down
AAcross 26:	Boring thing, jacketed male?
AAcross 27:	Veep unfamiliar with King Edward, game for the reporter?	QUAYLE
DDown 1:	Another hearing it, rare rare owl’s back
DDown 2:	Measure of corporation in hindsight, rightfully upset
DDown 3:	Killing in order, not everyone for the dictator?
DDown 5:	Number one in head after zero
DDown 6:	Game of cards, simple game where hand thrown in
DDown 7:	Shriek having lost a companion – it sounds like it sucks
DDown 8:	Whitehall greed with African trips, that cargo needs protection!	FRAGILEHANDLE
DDown 14:	Wonder if not immediately apparent in fridge magnet?	HIDDENGEM
DDown 16:	Action that brings up taste in food?
DDown 18:	Bomb owed, declared however	MINDYOU
DDown 19:	Turn to specious note – that’s what it is?	NOTTRUE
DDown 20:	Intended to give tips on cabriole after simple lifts
DDown 23:	Ailing – like a detective?