The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 21st June 2006 There are 14 across clues and 10 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 21st June 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Old actor put the kibosh on side wallGABLE ENDAAcross 9: Being completely taken aback, girl admits the sport's attractionALLUREAAcross 10: Cuts it fine and misses about a millionSKIMPSAAcross 11: Disturbed night after fellow soldier's return to combatFIGHTINGAAcross 12: Check duck in barVETOAAcross 13: The corral's shambolic, but from it comes such musicORCHESTRALAAcross 15: 5 of villains came down, it's said, over the tracksFELONRYAAcross 16: A French book found in the "Music and Ideas" sectionCANDIDEAAcross 18: Pet guru Mae delivered from a sticky situationUPAGUMTREEAAcross 19: Common sense from which we are excluded?NOUSAAcross 20: Past history of nettle rash following slight curveARCHIVESAAcross 22: Drop in respect?CURTSYAAcross 23: A point of view not quite on the levelASLANTAAcross 24: "New laid" has been, and can be, refutedDENIABLEDDown 1: Journalist unknown, in poverty, reported fights dear to a 6HACKNEYEDPHRASEDDown 2: Fine food old hooligan leader gets in YorkshireFLAMBOROUGHHEADDDown 3: Relative grasps the point; cat getting butter would make an earth mover's recordSEISMOGRAMDDown 4: Note I'd put up following one on church buildingEDIFICEDDown 5: Joke about name of bandGANGDDown 6: Lover of the 1 put initial A and R in the wrong placePLATITUDINARIANDDown 7: Musician's inner circle, frantically busy, get to drink at the charity eventBRINGANDBUYSALEDDown 14: Vanishing weathercocks in the city point to extremes of neglectEVANESCENTDDown 17: Coarse about it being a military expeditionCRUSADEDDown 21: Sackville-West gets up at 4VITA