The Guardian Cryptic Crossword August 21 2024 Answers (8/21/24)

Our The Guardian Cryptic Crossword August 21, 2024 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue.

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword August 21, 2024 Answers

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#	Clue
9A	Line sauna roughly and make like winter?
10A	Dress up puritanical Priest
11A	Relevant article in support of stance being curtailed
12A	More than one player is captivated by redesigned boots
13A	Sporting challenge has advertised keen attitude at first
14A	Outcast ditching husband – possibly means to block that, failing to recall meaningful things
16A	Worry boarding attitude will do for ship’s capacity
17A	Firm line taken aboard competition boat
19A	Kid sailor with answer about parrot
22A	Old Emperor and old King leaving cave
24A	A lot of fog and wet weather leading to cattle disease
25A	A small detective seen in pub, confused
26A	Surplus, no longer a soldier? Tense inside
27A	What’s dear in France? Alien cooking (top Chinese) (4,2-3)
1D	Standard to have a piece of clothing under sloping channel – one aspires to a soft landing
2D	Nun moved to go around without money, without respite
3D	Greek character, one in Kipling swallowing up pages
4D	Tells everyone about speed where planes fly
5D	School body retaining chess expert for game
6D	Posh joke over attempt to secure senior officer further inland (2-7)
7D	King and unmarried girls – here’s some amorous activity
8D	Posit Asia agenda presented in novel form here?
15D	Articles about bloke turning up in excellent headgear
17D	Someone expecting payback about social media user dismissing a Democrat
18D	A strike blocking fashionable project
20D	Minister’s signal to collar scoundrel
21D	Fine to leave continent having seized new medicinal plant
23D	Indication of agreement accepted by potential energy recipient

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