The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 21st June 2004 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 21st June 2004. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Dee, famous in another setting, is put to workMADEUSEOFAAcross 6: Thumb a ride with 9HITCHAAcross 9: Nab Tom before churchCATCHAAcross 10: A statesman sat back - a man in troubleTASMANIANAAcross 11: 9 redundant workers finally replacedUNDERSTANDAAcross 12: A leading light in vermin turnaroundSTARAAcross 14: Rocks found in prospectors' sievesCRADLESAAcross 15: Yokel needs ten (about) to get setTHICKENAAcross 17: Manage to get a letter from Greece to the womanACHIEVEAAcross 19: 9 covering, true to formCAPTUREAAcross 20: Kelvin replaces a student in local 9LOCKAAcross 22: Contract 9GODOWNWITHAAcross 25: Nigh and night possibly very closeNEAR THINGAAcross 26: Gold wreath's put back in the bay windowORIELAAcross 27: Blair's back, yet wandering around in vainEMPTYAAcross 28: Sponsor prepared to give a lifetime guarantee?GODPARENTDDown 1: Parts of Macaulay Culkin movie now found in ChinaMACAUDDown 2: Finish off the Todd-AO processDOTODEATHDDown 3: Laundered cash finally restored without any publicityUNHERALDEDDDown 4: Properties in eastern Victoria perhaps the first to sellESTATESDDown 5: Finest hose initially made from thisFISHNETDDown 6: The fellow has a right to 9HEARDDown 7: It isn't commonly seen as corruptionTAINTDDown 8: CNN hired a drunk with an impedimentHINDRANCEDDown 13: Shipwreck leading to an oil discharge on a Caribbean islandHISPANIOLADDown 14: Old measurement brought up in change to taxCHALLENGEDDown 16: Troubled Ukraine protects holy treeKAURI PINEDDown 18: Running off unceremoniously with a mateELOPINGDDown 19: Blocked creek's first cleared of treesCLOGGEDDDown 21: Viper given to half of Cleo's 9CLASPDDown 23: Gunslinger goes without hesitation for the musicianHOLSTDDown 24: Prop is to remainSTAY