The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 24th June 2004 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 24th June 2004. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Writer's other name Smart?MENATARMSAAcross 6: Writer's into ice creamSCOOPAAcross 9: Writer's upset and Sir Thomas loses energyPUTOUTMOREFLAGSAAcross 10: Entry, then die?DOORAAcross 11: Writer's black: main road's leadingMISCHIEFAAcross 14: Some Dutch actor keeping artist in holiday camp with horsesDUDE RANCHAAcross 15: Code in English almost impenetrable?ETHICAAcross 16: Was detective I've followed in rapid descentNOSEDAAcross 18: Flatten teams that fought for ParliamentIRONSIDESAAcross 20: Junk goes first left and Thomas turns roundMAILSHOTAAcross 21: Writer's king, say, on the continent today for free?SCOTAAcross 25: Cite, in good Latin rendering, a fool from the startCONGENITALIDIOTAAcross 26: Writer's 1, 0, 500LOVEDAAcross 27: Blighty for Argentine detective?SILVEREYEDDown 1: Vehicle was unhappyMOPEDDDown 2: Court accessory takes a month climbing in an anorakNETCORDDDown 3: Shut out in consequenceTHUSDDown 4: Sheep with its tail making a racketRAMPDDown 5: Follow the main road - and Grant, to his doomSTRAIGHTONDDown 6: Brie for good luck?SOFTCHEESEDDown 7: Love the evil one, a husband, Mr SlopeOBADIAHDDown 8: Job confronts afterwords about set of capsPOSTFACESDDown 12: Writer's B seen againBRIDESHEADDDown 13: Worker, Nigerian, doesn't live on immunisersANTIBODIESDDown 14: Forceful young fellow holding 101 lots upDYNAMICALDDown 17: Russian mathematician (not one on vodka) on s-space station for a monthSMIRNOVDDown 19: Writer's month on railway with 23DECLINEDDown 22: Paper, sir?TITLEDDown 23: Half of everything is just a dropFALLDDown 24: Writer's part of 13 to fight about a poundVILE