The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 21st June 2017 There are 15 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 21st June 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Spare place that's used by cook at sea?BOWLING ALLEYAAcross 9: Record why Sally's leftDIARYAAcross 10: Is on horse jockey targets at meeting?BESTRIDESAAcross 11: Trying one end of cigar — smoke's blownIRKSOMEAAcross 12: Perfect flipping time to spread feature on mosqueMINARETAAcross 13: Social media users write tat — it's awfulTWITTERATIAAcross 15: Like holding flash bookAMOSAAcross 18: Figures sold at auction housesDATAAAcross 19: British nurses agree about study in local areaBEER GARDENAAcross 22: Travelling to old city is start of missionTOURISMAAcross 24: Cutter's crew was almost retiredHAND SAWAAcross 24: Cutter's crew was almost retiredHANDSAWAAcross 25: Simple iron, say … ball's out of boundsELEMENTALAAcross 26: Description of Els's scoresLINESAAcross 27: Cheese somewhat overlapping edge of base for celebrity chefRIVERCOTTAGEDDown 1: Billionaire's first to not offer tip in barBLACKLISTDDown 2: Seaside town us kids mark for investmentWEYMOUTHDDown 3: Fill one's sad line outIMBUEDDown 4: Supply Middle East storage — one of these?GASOMETERDDown 5: One used to scream at rat, initially, with cat circlingLARYNXDDown 6: It sounds like your setter got a duckEIDERDDown 7: I can't stop cat — did monkeys?ADDICTDDown 8: Currently, warship tails every other oneAS IT ISDDown 14: Bits of house reportedly suffering from inflexibilityRHEUMATICDDown 16: Manufactured feeling was clearly explainedMADESENSEDDown 17: One's blooming great desire in the morning, after getting upMAGNOLIADDown 18: Stew in France, said to touch that womanDITHERDDown 20: Most recent pointsNEWESTDDown 21: Believe paper reported those rowing in thisBIREMEDDown 23: Growth areas of computer industryUTERIDDown 24: Being in slavery topped everythingHELOT