The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 16th June 2005 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 16th June 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Request to be the church of the dioceseBESEECHAAcross 5: Celebrity status as Mr Tod contrived itSTARDOMAAcross 9: Pork sandwich - missing fragment is replaced lest it should comesPIGSANDWHISTLESAAcross 10: With final change on top from the startABOVOAAcross 11: Team on river could have a roll hereSIDEPLATEAAcross 12: Put constraints on much of programme during Lent, possiblyENTRAMMELAAcross 14: Treat as a dogsbody RUC man backing lawyers on strikeORDERAAcross 15: Note to vicar: get a life outsideBREVEAAcross 16: Plant to stimulate the left?RED PEPPERAAcross 18: I study animals and see soldiers going into Australia from the EastZOOLOGISTAAcross 21: See 14ABOUTAAcross 22: Preserve carpenter and spoil the sick man of EuropeQUINCEMARMALADEAAcross 23: People from Aberdeenshire about right as accompanistsESCORTSAAcross 24: Sharpened, including what used to be the sweetHONEYEDDDown 1: My idea is to be going round in an old aircraftBIPLANEDDown 2: Fish? Goat? One dozen about possibleSIGN OF THE ZODIACDDown 3: Braun's talk about love will vanish into thin airEVAPORATEDDown 4: A place for the shade?HADESDDown 5: Educational scene: beginners took precedence in the timetableSCHEDULEDDDown 6: Suggest a rise for the storytellerAESOPDDown 7: Finance-led policy drama resulting under puppetDOLLAR DIPLOMACYDDown 8: Rubber reported by my sister in Paris?MASSEURDDown 13: Heartless character losing direction in planet at the end of World War IMARTINMASDDown 14: Concerned with a profit another timeOVER AGAINDDown 15: A quiz night without a quiz? Hardly on the cardsBEZIQUEDDown 17: Rubber done 14 down to be rendered into heater?RETREADDDown 19: Award for 4x4?OSCARDDown 20: Light piece for light orchestraTORCH