The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 1st June 2018 There are 15 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 1st June 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: King and Serena clash — one's telling talesSNEAKERAAcross 8: At front of shop: "51p for each runner"SLIPPERAAcross 9: Rock, for example, is overweightSWAYAAcross 10: Seize the day! Right, I'm off to tour short version in the countryCAPE VERDEAAcross 12: Feature about a groupCHAINAAcross 13: Elephant eloped with another beastANTELOPEAAcross 15: Hybrid engine from Subaru still ends in troubleMULEAAcross 16: Criminal fears being more trustworthySAFERAAcross 17: Incline discs without rimsHEELAAcross 18: Filter paper finally covered in coffee, perhaps?STRAINERAAcross 20: British car maker scraps bonnet for body partORGANAAcross 21: Conservative's naughty romp — is journalist included?COMPRISEDAAcross 22: Mockumentary star casts off river vesselBOATAAcross 24: Sharp little boy follows conclusionPOINTEDAAcross 25: Jack Goulding's dessertsJELLIESDDown 1: English bowler won by some top spinningSNOWDDown 2: In two short months Yankee takes ecstasy and marijuanaMARY JANEDDown 2: In two short months Yankee takes ecstasy and marijuanaMARYJANEDDown 3: Fire meat to seal in vitaminBEACONDDown 4: European travel accident involves old liftELEVATORDDown 5: I slap cast over the finale of Oliver TwistSPIRALDDown 6: Woman's first expensive presentHEREDDown 11: Stands for manifestosPLATFORMSDDown 12: Reportedly heard by many at Wimbledon?COURTDDown 14: Groom quiet about knight pinching bride's bottomPREENDDown 16: They protect special openingsSENTRIESDDown 17: Drink served at party at the top of the Empire State Building?HIGHBALLDDown 19: Nut regularly falls, day after dayALMONDDDown 20: Lots of Chinese food wants starterOODLESDDown 21: Block of wood supporting edge of cupboardCLOGDDown 23: Welsh boy has fourth beer?ALED