The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Friday, 24th August 2018

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 24th August 2018. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 8:	Train's hour late, extremely annoying — the usual reason?
AAcross 9:	It's briefly about a particular case, gripped by disease	APPROX
AAcross 10:	God in fallen idol making a comeback
AAcross 11:	Stars wonderful, though the first eclipsed in constellation
AAcross 12:	Man bandaging cuts, his wares often thorny?
AAcross 14:	See 22 down
AAcross 15:	Initially raking in money, half of this ancient city
AAcross 17:	Teacher regularly catching head turning, concentrate
AAcross 20:	Old actress eating only cream cakes?
AAcross 22:	Cool in deep space
AAcross 23:	Scenario unfolding on busy route, somewhere in the north-west Pacific
AAcross 24:	Sound wheel part
AAcross 25:	Wife hasn't provided wicked little pest
AAcross 26:	Most desperate youth retrospectively securing passes
DDown 1:	Reportedly far from excited with topless greeting in house of ill repute
DDown 2:	School where every Tory of note starts	ETON
DDown 3:	See 12
DDown 4:	Fire a colleague from Belfast?
DDown 5:	See 19
DDown 6:	Tracksuit perhaps fits uphill runner
DDown 7:	Nerves of steel? I think not!	NOFEAR
DDown 13:	Social gathering in competition with divers at sea
DDown 16:	Complex relationship ending in disaster, one in imbroglio
DDown 18:	Unaware your challenge can't be completed
DDown 19:	Delusional activity, drink evil stuff in whisky with violin players
DDown 21:	Painting is about to come up
DDown 22:	1970s' fashion, flaming dull clothes exciting people
DDown 24:	See 8