The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 28th June 2000 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 28th June 2000. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: From A to E, a cliche to be smashed - kill waffle alsoALLWALKSOFLIFEAAcross 8: Assigned task of putting clock backREMITAAcross 9: Numbers need editor: the crossword setter's taken the plungeNOSE DIVEAAcross 9: Numbers need editor: the crossword setter's taken the plungeNOSEDIVEAAcross 11: Propagated by philosopher who's been conducted outsideLAYEREDAAcross 12: Catcher where there's a rift that's crescent-shapedLUNETTEAAcross 13: Prince and queen, perhaps, in board gameHALMAAAcross 15: Craft on the hawthornMAYFLOWERAAcross 17: Powell's little house built in PowysWELSHPOOLAAcross 20: Rope-maker of Paris is a LondonerSISALAAcross 21: Wild boar with two craftROWBOATAAcross 23: Lashes await when master fell upon painterMASCARAAAcross 25: Face villain that doesn't start conversationDIALOGUEAAcross 26: Cubic character with kings for tipsRUBIKAAcross 27: Drowned, perhaps, marryin' the offspring of Spooner?DEADINTHEWATERDDown 1: Swirl has rope-maker producing 15sAPRILSHOWERSDDown 2: Put up with your starter being like my sauces!LUMPYDDown 3: Sequel to a lot of parents accepting time at schoolAFTERMATHDDown 4: Brunel's animal, sayKINGDOMDDown 5: River meadow concerned (joining her man) with race relationsOUSELEYDDown 6: American city study on which a lot hangs?LADENDDown 7: Game in which draw by one point was scripted by BennettFIVETOWNSDDown 10: Favourite soldier getting about an awful lot may be full of spiritPETROLTANKERDDown 14: The boys in green are not responsibleLILY-WHITEDDown 16: Endure Jack injuring camelLAST STRAWDDown 18: Figure of a man in charge with label attachedOCTAGONDDown 19: Little girl on strike because she canêt have the job?LAMBETHDDown 22: Too drunk to squeak?OILEDDDown 24: Boundary? Then I'll be shy, be shyAMBIT