The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 12th June 2017 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 12th June 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Chasing a double century, I hit out and get thisACCLAIMAAcross 5: Redoing treatment for cutIGNOREDAAcross 9: Surrounded, like European capital in defeatBESETAAcross 10: Recovers from River Tees floodingRETRIEVESAAcross 11: Though possibly original, it is less than novelSHORT STORYAAcross 12: About the church in former timesONCEAAcross 14: Not a single mistake by a servicemanDOUBLE FAULTAAcross 18: Show how Devil and Saint rank in esteemDEMONSTRATEAAcross 21: Bloomer in which a pupil is involvedIRISAAcross 22: Put away for safety?IMPRISONEDAAcross 25: Event idly arranged — obviouslyEVIDENTLYAAcross 26: Instrument played in Twelfth NightVIOLAAAcross 27: Private studySANCTUMAAcross 28: Foreign sailors find girl without transportLASCARSDDown 1: Sailor girl with unmarried sisters in her careABBESSDDown 2: Oil wheelCASTORDDown 3: One drawing on his teacher's adviceART STUDENTDDown 4: Worth millions, weary — needing upliftMERITDDown 5: Where Albania introduced prohibition — among other thingsINTER ALIADDown 6: File often found after this arrestNAILDDown 7: Very hungry creature that flies round the StatesRAVENOUSDDown 8: Under pressure to turn up with sweetsDESSERTSDDown 13: Actions against the defenceOFFENSIVESDDown 15: The very last word in negotiations?ULTIMATUMDDown 16: Errs amid wayward loversADMIRERSDDown 17: End of drive?AMBITIONDDown 19: Staggering along to a country in AfricaANGOLADDown 20: Ladies in fashion or modelsIDEALSDDown 23: Sail with two little boysROYALDDown 24: An old joke?JEST