The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 21st June 2007 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 21st June 2007. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Be proud about boy and girl not finishing rejoicingJUBILANTAAcross 5: See 3HORNERAAcross 9: The Lady of the Lake?CONSTANCEAAcross 11: Eliminate boring conversation of painter?DEGASAAcross 12: Such is quick to conceal creaming off of cream by cowardALLITERATIVEAAcross 15: Military units have not done wellRAREAAcross 16: Had been, say, very well donePLUPERFECTAAcross 18: Always a loss?NEVER AGAINAAcross 19: It hasn't been bleached, a doubtful cureECRUAAcross 21: See 3SATINACORNERAAcross 24: Character getting drink at pubALEPHAAcross 25: Improvement near end of game by side?LATERALLYAAcross 26: Dismal conclusion to lady holding backDREARYAAcross 27: Jeweller formerly on guard?WATCHMANDDown 1: See 3JACKDDown 2: Musicians defining council tax?BANDDDown 3: Set fire (a short story) to flag and call sailors with glossy fruit eaten by Queens' fellow having Christmas dinner?LITTLEDDown 4: Adoptive, perhaps, without extra enzymes?NONBIOLOGICALDDown 6: Love would vex the devilOLDHARRYDDown 7: Inattention to information arising: vermin have suppressed itNEGLIGENCEDDown 8: Polite and calm without some peculiaritiesRESPECTFULDDown 10: Say what you can get from taxi - a mile per gallonEXEMPLIGRATIADDown 13: Try to impress with fine place for 27?GRANDSTANDDDown 14: Quiet town on Lake Garda, peg for solvers and sleuthPRIVATE EYEDDown 17: Dickensian resurrectionist working with numbers?CRUNCHERDDown 20: Incomplete contrivance by setter based on 10METRICDDown 22: Best fruit for 3 1 5PLUMDDown 23: Male peon, say?HYMN