The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 21st June 2001 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 21st June 2001. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Dress up bride more extravagantlyEMBROIDERAAcross 10: He runs the function, sounding a gongEMCEEAAcross 11: A stork nesting in a warm Arab outbuildingMARABOUAAcross 12: Wreck, a danger at seaTORPEDOAAcross 13: A weightwatchers' congress?DIETAAcross 14: Kept changing Indian teamMAINTAINEDAAcross 15: Time for the next flight of 22?TONIGHTAAcross 17: Tiny member of the schoolTIDDLERAAcross 19: Defiant assertion of my remorse?IMPENITENTAAcross 22: Slow-moving birdsOWLSAAcross 23: Developing nitrogen with a fragranceNASCENTAAcross 24: Champion? She aims offMESSIAHAAcross 26: Unattached libertineLOOSEAAcross 27: Policy statement could be obtained by means of itMANIFESTODDown 1: German builder at redeveloped disaster areaBERMUDA TRIANGLEDDown 2: Once a premier universityABERDEENDDown 3: Resting place near doctorTOMBDDown 4: A bird found in the officers' mess?ADJUTANTDDown 5: It's the heart of the matter for the fashionable setPROTONDDown 6: Direction taken by patients needing attention to their backs?REARWARDDDown 7: Riddle: "It's silver in the cinema"SCREENDDown 8: Where the less important fishes learn?SECONDARY SCHOOLDDown 16: Enlivened by going sandy?GINGEREDDDown 17: English men in part of camp accommodationTENEMENTDDown 18: Toes will curl at the very bottomLOWLIESTDDown 20: Kind of gun, ancient to ShakespearePISTOLDDown 21: Some Amerindians looked up to themTOTEMSDDown 25: It is sometimes cracked, but is otherwise soundSAFE