The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 17th June 2010 There are 14 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 17th June 2010. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: A basic idea is to find godANUBISAAcross 5: Effluent blocking pipe a little bitSCRAPINGAAcross 9: Land taken over to strangle weed almost producing flowersNARCISSIAAcross 10: Negligence evident, no clergy carrying the crossLAXITYAAcross 11: Old politician drinking something up, a traditional wisdom for drinking taleWHISKYGALOREAAcross 13: See 15BUTTAAcross 14: This regulates flow, given Spooner's police funds?STOPCOCKAAcross 17: If secret's out, becoming most aggressiveFIERCESTAAcross 18: US exclamation about 25, which is clarifiedGHEEAAcross 20: Half-cut pig recalling model with centre parting and her, one with a filthy mindPORNOGRAPHERAAcross 23: Whatever it is to accomplish, nothing held backDOODAHAAcross 24: One's stable, though angriest when unstableINERT GASAAcross 25: One on the table?HYDROGENAAcross 26: Cutting round something to bend that's greyDREARYDDown 2: Straight for the bullNEATDDown 3: O2H?BACKWATERDDown 4: Bird with runner sliding into iniquitySISKINDDown 5: Jam?STICKYSITUATIONDDown 6: Faith, that is, girl turned onRELIGIONDDown 7: Choose unit, say, for unit on boxPIXELDDown 8: Ball-breaker sounding sweet?NUTCRACKERDDown 12: Study noted and barred?MUSICOLOGYDDown 15: Well, a soldier retiring through minor injury given little time, one consigned to the gutter?CIGARETTEDDown 16: Animal duck gets to cornerHEDGEHOGDDown 19: Pass through the StrandTHREADDDown 21: Low point from adaptation of "The King and I"NADIRDDown 22: Lovely showFAIR