The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 28th June 2001 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 28th June 2001. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Absorb abstractDIGESTAAcross 4: Outer layer of letter I fire shells atEPIBLASTAAcross 9: The common man, being skint, changes sidesBLOKEAAcross 10: Work record brought into smart but specious argumentCHOPLOGICAAcross 11: Headhunter's current employment in part of EnglandHAMPSHIREAAcross 12: The compiler is to report to the gangwayAISLEAAcross 13: Feeling bad about being unimpressed, initially, by the widow's mite, sayCONTRIBUTIONAAcross 17: Bloom given praise before 12MORNING GLORYAAcross 20: Weapon carried by livestock?ESTOCAAcross 21: Markets dramatist, getting a reasonable cutFAIRSHAREAAcross 23: Bullying the astronaut is out of orderSTRONG-ARMAAcross 23: Bullying the astronaut is out of orderSTRONGARMAAcross 24: Sounding bored with remote access?OUIJAAAcross 25: Start to shrivel and decay, as passion maySMOULDERAAcross 26: Notice cinematic litigant's returnREMARKDDown 1: Bird with modern date reflected on old one with bumpkinDABCHICKDDown 2: Look into what happens in casinos at twilightGLOAMINGDDown 3: Cooks in house of ill reputeSTEWSDDown 5: Worker on trial is in concert in part of churchPROTESTANTISMDDown 6: Charge a toll at the dwindling riverBILLABONGDDown 7: A blow grips university, falling between academic yearsAUGUSTDDown 8: Label lacking head and heartTICKERDDown 10: On the way up, stitch up playground featureCLIMBING FRAMEDDown 14: A contralto not keeping time, perhaps, in gummy passage?ROOT CANALDDown 15: Boy and girl rising for a piece of musicSONATINADDown 16: Denmark, a hyperactive place with a platform for free speechHYDEPARKDDown 18: Certain to secure second victory, standing against...VERSUSDDown 19: ... last of Hague's Tories, I lost badly, needing two speakersSTEREODDown 22: Smashed the ovenSTOVE