The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 22nd June 2016 There are 15 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 22nd June 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Gas about Number 4 gets rankerPRIVATEAAcross 5: Now and then fielder in square coweredQUAILEDAAcross 9: Stories about first of vindictive biographiesLIVESAAcross 10: Around Utah they add complex tax on what's leftDEATH DUTYAAcross 11: Writer's Christmas card impresses bird no endNOEL COWARDAAcross 12: Finish off film and drive away …SHOOAAcross 14: … with foot down, outcome of L-plate feudsATFULLSPEEDAAcross 18: Where to see The A-Team in colour, originally getting thrashedATTHECINEMAAAcross 21: Enthusiasm and rage finally die awayFADEAAcross 22: Bed item in border over next to large unopened flowerPILLOW SLIPAAcross 22: Bed item in border over next to large unopened flowerPILLOWSLIPAAcross 25: Kennedy's one lion repositioned in 7th StreetVIOLINISTAAcross 26: We're talking about returning afterwardsLATERAAcross 27: I go downhill in rally, occasionally taking chancesRISKILYAAcross 28: Object to following piano herePRESENTDDown 1: Stake zero in space rocketsPALINGDDown 2: Visibly win fight, beginning to endIN VIEWDDown 3: Allies ring spies to intercept foreign assetsASSOCIATESDDown 4: Fund new loony Borders partyENDOWDDown 5: That Parisian tackles a routine danceQUADRILLEDDown 6: Long to teach English without restrictionsACHEDDown 7: Start to leave after noisy cacklingLAUGHTERDDown 8: Eg tea and sugar or dodgy nuts and bananas, finallyDRYGOODSDDown 13: Reading Dandy, he flouted the Queensberry RulesOSCAR WILDEDDown 15: Female intransigence?FRIGIDITYDDown 16: Play that brings tears to your eyesHAY FEVERDDown 17: Learned university is infiltrating film companiesSTUDIOUSDDown 19: Bishop's settled and he's happyBLITHEDDown 20: Drool over Irish bottleSPIRITDDown 23: Shed light on current trade union breaking recordLITUPDDown 24: Musical performance beginning to impressGIGI