The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 20th June 2008 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 20th June 2008. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: All you want in substituteFILL-INAAcross 4: Common sayings and how they are perpetuatedBYWORDSAAcross 9: Hides from which one sees hound go after porkiesLIESDOGGOAAcross 10: 500 500 sheets of paper - imagine!DREAMAAcross 11: Memsahib's entering with playwrightIBSENAAcross 12: Punter gets around, winning first at a quiet, out-of-the-way placeBACKWATERAAcross 13: Precautionary measures practised by Peter's former partner?SAFE SEXAAcross 15: Branch rising after a short timeSECTORAAcross 17: Inn had trouble - being attended to?IN HANDAAcross 19: Pioneer New Zealand pilot's flat stripsBATTENSAAcross 22: Where junkies might dump their needles without worry?HAYSTACKSAAcross 24: At some time in the future? Dead right!LATERAAcross 26: Gets close to one arsonist in prisonNEARSAAcross 27: A musical group has done badly, given up completelyABANDONEDAAcross 28: Stir once more on the subject of a watchREAWAKEAAcross 29: Temporary shelters one grand, complete with toiletsIGLOOSDDown 1: The Italian flies around with spirited young girlsFILLIESDDown 2: National emblems mentioned in disclosuresLEEKSDDown 3: One's found in one country, then anotherINDONESIADDown 4: Wild horses seen by British on an island in the MedBRONCOSDDown 5: Expression of admiration I'd included for the bereaved ladyWIDOWDDown 6: Would-be hero left up end of handle, which reverses the currentRHEOTROPEDDown 7: Sad and sore about maternity benefitSOMBREDDown 8: Storage for six loaded shells?EGGBOXDDown 14: Amusing, but not at all peculiarFUNNYHAHADDown 16: Blue heeler let loose among domestic petsCATTLEDOGDDown 18: Give orders to a court in timeDICTATEDDown 19: Beachcomber at first lives on a small island in the bayBISCAYDDown 20: Walks vigorously and pantsSTRIDESDDown 21: Rub Roger's black eyeSHINERDDown 23: Some of the altos carry on singing something by PucciniTOSCADDown 25: Brown has to leave the danceTANGO