The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 22nd June 2011 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 22nd June 2011. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Fish on wet ground to be thrown back, schmuck!DUMBASSAAcross 5: Zero food required, provided plugs holeORIFICEAAcross 10: So tail of halibut meets tailless fishTHUSAAcross 11: Hurry off to hide piano behind back — it's rubbish!SCRAP METALAAcross 12: Fish from Algiers decapitated, then cookedGRILSEAAcross 13: Fish register into only vacant school of thoughtIDEOLOGYAAcross 14: Is envious of request, that of a Dickensian?BEGRUDGESAAcross 16: An expression of joy, perhaps, which can be positiveANODEAAcross 17: Small fishes' home smeltSTANKAAcross 19: See 3DOLIVEIRAAAcross 23: Trout was his — insert fish?SCHUBERTAAcross 24: Some borders having identical plantSESAMEAAcross 26: Cheese with parent's fish — soleMASCARPONEAAcross 27: In syrup I keep fishPIKEAAcross 28: Fish ate weedHADDOCKAAcross 29: Devoted, presenting a complete token of loveADORINGDDown 2: Throw shoe and run offUNHORSEDDown 3: Cups carrying a fish, shade of green, one for old cricketerBASILDDown 4: After conclusions from barristers, you use delaySUSPENDDDown 6: Blade good, cutting rump upRAPIERDDown 7: Working independently, suggests slippery poisson?FREE-LANCEDDown 7: Working independently, suggests slippery poisson?FREELANCEDDown 8: See 25CHARGEDDDown 9: Speed management system cut corners, given oil spillageCRUISE CONTROLDDown 15: Lightweight in split, rejectedRENOUNCEDDDown 18: Change of heart in opera, grasping at musical workTOCCATADDown 20: Net said to be fishy, howeverINSTEADDDown 21: Paul Kruger's first to enter requirement for a garden potRAMEKINDDown 22: About to go wrong, cleaner lifted ironFERRICDDown 25: Fish among gar used in a stew with powerful associationsSUPER