The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 12th June 2018 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 12th June 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Not drinking say, I consumed treatNEGOTIATEAAcross 10: Children look for presidentCHAIRAAcross 11: Cost in bar OK for drinker?POTABLEAAcross 12: Motorists seen in distance — it's inexplicableMIRACLEAAcross 13: Excellent way to cook steak, very thinRAREAAcross 14: Where diverse cultures mix, starting to run corporationMELTING POTAAcross 15: Put in a revised line relating to unionNUPTIALAAcross 17: Dodgy faction keeping us quietSUSPECTAAcross 19: What could make florist pay for baker's item?FILOPASTRYAAcross 22: Correct conclusions in lawsuit, whenever you prosecuteTRUEAAcross 23: Plan(e)tMERCURYAAcross 24: Return rent — very large note attachedRIPOSTEAAcross 26: Family with daughter showing signs of age?LINEDAAcross 27: Asian last to rattle adversaryASSAILANTDDown 1: Cook ran menial type of householdONEPARENTFAMILYDDown 2: A dolt to sustain fake news from Moscow?AGITPROPDDown 3: Evidence of smoke from small boatSTUBDDown 4: Leaving jug upturned in sinkFAREWELLDDown 5: Solitary lady's time almost upHERMITDDown 6: No car in a scrapyard has instruments insideOCARINASDDown 7: Crackpot erected wall, subject to financial limitMADCAPDDown 8: Extremely well protected, with canine backing?ARMEDTOTHETEETHDDown 16: Takes control of seconds after Nutmeg's put on weightIMPOUNDSDDown 17: Unexpected growth following insurance company's setbackSURPRISEDDown 18: Surrogate on the move wanting good train serviceEUROSTARDDown 20: Organ adjoining ribcage, primarily in felineLARYNXDDown 21: Board limiting Kentucky's remote research centreSKYLABDDown 25: Assistant under pressure brought inPAID