The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 30th June 2016 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 30th June 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Feeble, like an old reaper, might you say?SICKLYAAcross 4: Means of severing wrestler's holdSCISSORSAAcross 9: Wild flower round by borderOXLIPAAcross 10: Bid to be taken on before play-actorPRETENDERAAcross 11: At least four edible fruit unfit for familyTWO-SEATERAAcross 11: At least four edible fruit unfit for familyTWOSEATERAAcross 12: Slang term for ladies bearing large familiesCLANSAAcross 13: Shorthander's notes unusually explicitSTENOGRAPHICAAcross 17: Symbolic end as lunatic in RAF crashesFINALCURTAINAAcross 20: Warning: city cutting supplyALARMAAcross 21: Healthy food from Hibernian counterpart of Stirling?IRISH MOSSAAcross 23: Rally concludingGATHERINGAAcross 24: Criminal gang run from the East, crossing islandTRIADAAcross 25: Break, when case leader goes for idiot judge againREASSESSAAcross 26: Screen cast getting to grips with LatinSHIELDDDown 1: Habitually tight, pinching clubs from St Andrews?SCOTTISHDDown 2: Select the best poem before knight's engagementCULLODENDDown 3: Sound of ripples in sinkLAPSEDDown 5: Selecting the best red, before 23CHERRYPICKINGDDown 6: Less elaborated sportsman's clothing cutSKETCHIERDDown 7: Traffic added to servicemen's anguishORDEALDDown 8: Most aggrieved sailor put up with othersSORESTDDown 10: Safe, impartial, composed old manPATERFAMILIASDDown 14: Haunts of the addicted, heartless men Oedipus ruinedOPIUMDENSDDown 15: Patriarch dispatching last champ, 10 across's man at 2JACOBITEDDown 16: Partial United team finally completedONE-SIDEDDDown 18: Dirk's looking worn out after exchange of endsDAGGERDDown 19: Staff rejected cunning slogan, oft repeatedMANTRADDown 22: TV cop: "The buck stops here"HUTCH