The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 12th June 2013 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 12th June 2013. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Become brighter and cold — king gets excitedCLEAR UPAAcross 5: Instigate storing flower in kind of cupSTIRRUPAAcross 9: Comprehensive kid gets a quidTOTALAAcross 10: Claimant is quiet about offerPRETENDERAAcross 11: Term loosely embracing a type of artistREMBRANDTAAcross 12: Player finally working to perform musical pieceRONDOAAcross 13: Tenant has no right to come inENTERAAcross 15: It's lucky Arabs, say, do some gardeningHORSESHOEAAcross 18: Greek writer and leading actor spot Uncle SamHERODOTUSAAcross 19: Spare tyre I'd inflatedTUMIDAAcross 21: Half-heartedly incapacitate an aristocratNOBLEAAcross 23: Impress prisoner with writingCONSCRIPTAAcross 25: Fellow keeps chalet designed for sports eventDECATHLONAAcross 26: In the past Newton stored right gasARGONAAcross 27: Comprehensive kid after informationGENERICAAcross 28: Increase general unrestENLARGEDDown 1: Set bed overlooking lakeCOTERIEDDown 2: Riot teams badly deployed, one reckonsESTIMATORDDown 3: It could be used to strike a sovereignRULERDDown 4: Fuming when conduit's stolenPIPINGHOTDDown 5: Sons defrost fishSMELTDDown 6: I mean to make a home — seriously!IN EARNESTDDown 7: Gas causing fuss in the navyRADONDDown 8: Aim to find money bag outside post officePURPOSEDDown 14: Trot with me and the dogRED SETTERDDown 16: Sympathetic vibration represented on a screenRESONANCEDDown 17: Sound a bell — for a knockout?HUMDINGERDDown 18: Execute Harry looking dejectedHANGDOGDDown 20: An easing of tensions after river engulfs marqueeDETENTEDDown 22: Meat firm included in boycottBACONDDown 23: Tory caught taking oil preparation for illnessCOLICDDown 24: Grovel to get chromium toolCRAWL