The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 23rd June 2016 There are 16 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 23rd June 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Honest villain seen circling minute 6-foot stage?IMAGOAAcross 10: Mischief-maker close at handIMPENDINGAAcross 11: Given glossy coat, tailless llama needed to be replacedENAMELLEDAAcross 12: Singers that tweet about Prince as former actorROBINAAcross 13: Some guts shown by couple meeting a bad end earlierDUODENAAAcross 15: Sold out through saying: "If it can go wrong, it will"SOD'S LAWAAcross 17: Indian chief, 100, with very bad backCLIVEAAcross 18: Number not good for offspringSONAAcross 20: Slovenly Scotswoman needed to get cleaner? "Maybe Someday" covers thatBESOMAAcross 22: His opera briefly involved fruitROSE HIPAAcross 22: His opera briefly involved fruitROSEHIPAAcross 25: Two articles about underwear in sacred textAVESTANAAcross 26: Flying fish eater, one whose lover regularly swam northHERONAAcross 27: Light colour for soot?LAMPBLACKAAcross 30: Feel inferior? That's stupidSENSELESSAAcross 31: One taking snap of beatnik onlyNIKONDDown 1: Male musician's first appearance on radioMIKEDDown 2: Son of Scots playing on air? That's dandy!MACARONIDDown 3: Male holding very large pipe starts to hum October Song etcHOSEDDown 4: See 12WILLIAMSDDown 5: Flat point between fringes of Smoke Shovelling suitSPADESDDown 6: King Charles not to be taken outside? Preposterous!INCREDIBLEDDown 7: Drum one doctor found in short storyTIMBALDDown 8: Opposed to a mother's ruinAGINDDown 13: Ornamentation of French horn by Debussy?DECORDDown 14: Like 12, passed as fairEVENHANDEDDDown 16: Female from Western stateWOMANDDown 19: Submarines torpedoed? U-boat's heading away — close call!NEAR MISSDDown 21: Delays before second cashier takes dodgy betSETBACKSDDown 23: Musician's essential for group of Arabs?STRINGDDown 24: Rock group circuit's rising golferPALMERDDown 26: Messy mix in middle of The TreeHASHDDown 28: Musician ultimately in wrong groupBANDDDown 29: Caring daughter supports relativesKIND