The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 25th June 2015 There are 15 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 25th June 2015. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Witnessed crash but is away in LondonWEST ENDAAcross 5: Frenetically busy place engaged in philanthropy not very wellANTHILLAAcross 9: Abandon meagre growthSCRUBAAcross 10: Appealed for a dry run before took part in playATTRACTEDAAcross 11: Ring — why text — to state musical works were complete disastersBELLYFLOPSAAcross 12: 14 cut fails to have terminal effectDIETAAcross 14: Part of government redeploys legal ruse to have it includedLEGISLATUREAAcross 18: Spread of some odd or idle chatter management committee heard aboutSMORGASBORDAAcross 21: Side to progress forward graduallyEDGEAAcross 22: 14 to bring up receiving letters from the rightPARLIAMENTAAcross 25: Undesirable development with us needing to leave the queueBREAD LINEAAcross 25: Undesirable development with us needing to leave the queueBREADLINEAAcross 26: This is not on note with thank-you letterTHETAAAcross 27: Conclusions of study group put into storage in the end — much later than 26YPSILONAAcross 28: He despatches word gameHANGMANDDown 1: Japanese root cut up has quite a bit of a biteWASABIDDown 2: Keen for mum to run offSHRILLDDown 3: Biological science redefined by germy looEMBRYOLOGYDDown 4: Long speech is an attraction at the end of schoolDRAWLDDown 5: Opposed to previous ball being a "first service"ANTIPASTODDown 6: Pitfall for member when risingTRAPDDown 7: Scheme for mountaineering trip is one-man shortINTRIGUEDDown 8: Lively young women like coffees of French importationLADETTESDDown 13: Bird is sleep inducer, having right initial intonationSAND MARTINDDown 15: Middle-aged position on time taken for growthGESTATIONDDown 16: 14 fabricationASSEMBLYDDown 17: 14 deception starts getting rumbled ever so slightlyCONGRESSDDown 19: Pay off for busted dam returning to half of themREDEEMDDown 20: Have difficulty in expressing The Sound of MusicSTRAINDDown 23: Shelter child from hanger-onLEECHDDown 24: Kind soul regularly the subject of much loveIDOL