The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 26th June 2003 There are 17 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 26th June 2003. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Capuletti, Verona's lost love, consigned to some risky stakeVENTUREAAcross 5: See 1CAPITALAAcross 9: Playwright breathing flameSYNGEAAcross 10: Live with past record? Fail, and "You will ___!"BEHISTORYAAcross 11: Character discerned in one's claret, some sayBLOOD TYPEAAcross 12: From here, Henry's first extracted a gasARGONAAcross 13: Principle of working Protestants: "Call back in an hour"? Quite the reverse!ETHICAAcross 15: Wild colobus's hard conveyance for the little monkeys!SCHOOL BUSAAcross 18: Both parts of Ireland study peace proposalEIRENICONAAcross 19: Ugly Philistine bit of Doric decorationGLYPHAAcross 21: Baroque bairns sculpted by plumber's mate, say?PUTTIAAcross 23: Head of East Anglian water plant?BROAD-BEANAAcross 23: Head of East Anglian water plant?BROADBEANAAcross 25: Clay in suspension, I see, is down to earthREALISTICAAcross 26: A writer of asinine peregrinations, 'e's included French cityARLESAAcross 27: Prime Minister tanned by Wallis, perhapsSTANLEYAAcross 28: See 27BALDWINDDown 1: Spites Blix over possible arms sales, say?VISIBLEDDown 2: Name one Old Testament woman: nobody else!NONEOTHERDDown 3: One blocking smells from Danube? Not a chance!UBENDDDown 4: Early stages of development bill for botanical protectionEMBRYOSACDDown 5: UNISON's partner said to keep the teapot warmCOHSEDDown 6: Go up, up with Henry, in songPUSHALONGDDown 7: A thtrain on beach bums?THONGDDown 8: Discover how to achieve immortality in wet cement? Bless me!LAYONESDDown 14: Putting the pole first, Fuchs? Pass out! Get festive!CONVIVIALDDown 16: Hot, frenzied moans at back almost reversing taxiHANSOM CABDDown 17: Gas pressure principle, by including oxygen as well, failingBOYLE'S LAWDDown 18: See 1EXPORTSDDown 20: See 8HANDS-ONDDown 22: Papal dignity could be studded with ice, if it is turned on a heathen godTIARADDown 23: Crazy chiropteran Nora?BATTYDDown 24: Drag dr-drillDRAWL