The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 23rd June 2005 There are 18 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 23rd June 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Corruption leading to loss of power?ELECTRICALFAULTAAcross 9: Accountant gets no return investing capital on a horseCAPARISONAAcross 10: Where to find Lorelei in her distressRHINEAAcross 11: Enzyme found in cooked meal, sayAMYLASEAAcross 12: New Labour communication carries little weight with a philosopherSPINOZAAAcross 13: Letter it's customary to start with a greetingCH'IAAcross 13: Letter it's customary to start with a greetingCHIAAcross 14: Wellington got round the bossGUM BOOTAAcross 14: Wellington got round the bossGUMBOOTAAcross 17: Sweet animal carrying gunmenCARAMELAAcross 19: Chorister performing before the Queen gets the birdOSTRICHAAcross 22: Old man from 1000 ADGRANDADAAcross 24: Heavyweight - a pound?ALIAAcross 25: House in which is a rogueVILLAINAAcross 26: Nuts discovered when they are in evidenceNUDISTSAAcross 28: Wide, say, right in the centreEXTRAAAcross 29: Church looms over an AbelardSCHOOLMANAAcross 30: Work on ketches, which no man can doSERVETWOMASTERSDDown 1: Contention caused by wives?EXCHANGEOFVIEWSDDown 2: Like the promises of a politician, yet about to be brokenEMPTYDDown 3: Storm caused by rent troubleTORNADODDown 4: Morse, or not - look into itINSPECTDDown 5: Unlikely to recall cinema's programmeAMNESICDDown 6: It's remote without a good car, that is - so his work is done on the hoofFARRIERDDown 7: Like service personnel, immature without oneUNIFORMEDDDown 8: Sign of impending end?THEFATLADYSINGSDDown 15: Vandal turns it to muralMUTILATORDDown 16: Sea monster found in WorcestershireORCDDown 18: Manner of speaking of one likely to succeedAIRDDown 20: Religious office offering a degree in flexitimeIMAMATEDDown 21: Worker spotted no hawk in Hamlet's eyesHAND SAWDDown 21: Worker spotted no hawk in Hamlet's eyesHANDSAWDDown 22: Kent town recovered materialGINGHAMDDown 23: A right pair America finds steepARDUOUSDDown 27: Some considerable number involved in battleSOMME