The Guardian Everyman Answers - Sunday, 12th August 2012 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Everyman crossword on Sunday, 12th August 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Everyman AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Food I fed to soldiers, a Chinese dishCHOW MEINAAcross 5: Ancient city, she bet, is in ruinsTHEBESAAcross 9: Beast making social worker run awayANTELOPEAAcross 10: Take to task, one way or the otherPULL-UPAAcross 10: Take to task, one way or the otherPULLUPAAcross 12: Pay for another nurseTREATAAcross 13: Following lift, he will complain vociferouslyRAISE HELLAAcross 14: Thought of French emancipationDELIBERATIONAAcross 18: At which prices are gradually lowered for lots in Amsterdam?DUTCH AUCTIONAAcross 21: Character cutting, a cheatCARD SHARPAAcross 21: Character cutting, a cheatCARDSHARPAAcross 23: Boredom shown by nun, I suspect, after end of serviceENNUIAAcross 24: Endeavour to secure one pound for a hatTRILBYAAcross 25: Whistle along, then be quietPIPE DOWNAAcross 26: Followed, stubbornly determinedDOGGEDAAcross 27: Miniature hourglass, for example - good orders brought backEGG TIMERDDown 1: Talkative, spiteful about husbandCHATTYDDown 2: Unfashionable group's originOUTSETDDown 3: Kids lose them, helmet and kit, carelesslyMILKTEETHDDown 4: Especially popular individualIN PARTICULARDDown 6: Building hospital overlooking river in YorkHOUSEDDown 7: Regular newsletter round homeBULLETINDDown 8: Shortly to provide worker to take another's placeSUPPLANTDDown 11: Avoiding an issue that is dividing small Essex townSIDESTEPPINGDDown 15: One male in a shelter needed to make amendsATONEMENTDDown 16: Informed cadet, due abroadEDUCATEDDDown 17: Southern sailor has fish for birdSTARLINGDDown 19: Popular figure playing wellINFORMDDown 20: Conqueror William's initial secretWINNERDDown 22: Transaction involving black furSABLE