The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 21st June 2012 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 21st June 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: One's treated — one who was patient in surgeryNOSE JOBAAcross 5: Groupie up the creek in a canoePIROGUEAAcross 9: Set boundaries of food shop and universityDELIMITAAcross 10: Transport required for burials at seaRAILBUSAAcross 11: Size of girl stuffed with green bananasLARGENESSAAcross 12: Magazine article for oil company?SHELLAAcross 13: Female leads for archers firing a lot of arrowsSHEAFAAcross 15: One inside conceals a Trojan horse's coverCAPARISONAAcross 17: General rule, so to speak, for one fighting duelPRINCIPALAAcross 19: Go down well as one with a drink problemDIPSOAAcross 22: Write about a large Asian countryNEPALAAcross 23: Gaps found by a forward certain to delay headerAPERTURESAAcross 25: Composer keeping English scoresTALLIESAAcross 26: Working properly as a Jesuit, sayIN ORDERAAcross 27: Stone in French museum that has to be viewedMUST-SEEAAcross 28: What people leave in carsESTATESDDown 1: Lumps potentially boundless? Boundless!NODULESDDown 2: Fifty in plant lash outSPLURGEDDown 3: Foodstuff that is for OliverJAMIEDDown 4: Flower about to be eaten by goat on a mountain?BUTTERCUPDDown 5: Paddy raised socketsPORTSDDown 6: Nude riser, embarrassed, is covered againREINSUREDDDown 7: Put up hefty stakes where felons used to hang outGIBBETSDDown 8: Record store never opening letterEPSILONDDown 14: Sift a clue when playing marbles?FACULTIESDDown 16: Wipe the floor with repulsive fluidPULVERISEDDown 17: Conifer plantation upsetting mum and popPINETUMDDown 18: A naughty child drinks and spitsIMPALESDDown 20: Miles away from imported rolling stonePERIDOTDDown 21: Old defences protecting second front? In a wayOFSORTSDDown 23: Section of church used by PaisleyAISLEDDown 24: Fish finger's last to be consumed by solicitorTROUT