The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 18th June 2013 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 18th June 2013. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Fit to grasp point of gapINTERIMAAcross 5: Come to point about pious character's drinks dispenserTAPSTERAAcross 9: Embedded impulse to stew peeled vegetableCOURGETTEAAcross 10: Unusually rich part of songLYRICAAcross 11: Bring up what gets brought up?REARAAcross 12: City's a study in artificial stoneSACRAMENTOAAcross 14: Jumper for Nellie the Elephant — or where she performed?BIG TOPAAcross 15: Vacuous telly guide introduced faux-archaic writingTUSHERYAAcross 16: Get a bunch of singers heardACQUIREAAcross 18: Clown and king go offFESTERAAcross 20: Fickle Charlie Clark ingesting drug?CHANGEABLEAAcross 21: Prejudice results in Indian master going back guttedBIASAAcross 24: Use electronic device to commit theftSWIPEAAcross 25: Get legless — could result be inertia?INEBRIATEAAcross 26: Still wearing dead baby's outfitLAYETTEAAcross 27: Stray soldier returning in women's clothingDIGRESSDDown 1: Cop for hot dogINCURDDown 2: Short Sri Lankan star engulfed by disasterTSUNAMIDDown 3: Clothes a capitalRIGADDown 4: Drug (speed?) bringing partner round, one choked by gasMETHAMPHETAMINEDDown 5: Deflate daughter's alternative bandTHEGRATEFULDEADDDown 6: Recycled document, white as can be, infested by gremlinsPALIMPSESTDDown 7: Centre (that of Siena?) redesigned by Roman playwrightTERENCEDDown 8: Playground adjoining right-winger's ecclesiastical homeRECTORYDDown 13: Art endeavouring to encapsulate no-good underwear?STRINGVESTDDown 16: Charge up when infiltrating Italian provinceACCUSALDDown 17: Characteristic of drunk entering wharfQUALITYDDown 19: Frost over, having dined in stateEMIRATEDDown 22: House of ill repute is agitatedSTEWSDDown 23: Overeat? Almost turned to drinkGROG