The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 21st June 2018 There are 13 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 21st June 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Cast her in lead?HEADLINERAAcross 10: Mate ends this old duty husband introducedCHESSAAcross 11: Runs large 21 downLADDERSAAcross 12: Performance in hat likely to touch peopleTACTILEAAcross 13: Baffling old cases that can be hard to interpretLINGOAAcross 14: Envoy to dine with English earl now and thenMESSENGERAAcross 16: Scores of cinemas include it, oddly ignoring echoINCIDENTAL MUSICAAcross 19: Posted over a pack for confirmation maybeSACRAMENTAAcross 21: Temptress wrong to restrict touchingSIRENAAcross 22: Arriving at airport, female leaves confinementLYING-INAAcross 23: Blackberry jam for one in authorityBRAMBLEAAcross 24: Passed round plank, first of twentyDEALTAAcross 25: Cashier collecting rabbi's fareTRAVELLERDDown 1: Digital problem Bill fixed in seriesCHILBLAINSDDown 2: Cutting as printed describes a radical lecturerSARDONICDDown 3: Game could spread across SpainCLUEDODDown 4: Old newspaper put up chargeONUSDDown 5: Lutheran's one for his books, not mePROTESTANTDDown 6: Diamonds? Pick 99 maybeICE CREAMDDown 6: Diamonds? Pick 99 maybeICECREAMDDown 7: Crude TV family close to top getting stitched up?SEWINGDDown 8: Feel sick to some extent, heaving, sailing here?ISLEDDown 14: Capital hoards 1,000 bananas and legumesMONKEYNUTSDDown 15: Royal courtesan condemned yarn spinnersRACONTEURSDDown 17: Daughter's unwell, losing energy, needing these?DRAUGHTSDDown 18: Grub that is given to hoi polloiSCRABBLEDDown 20: This writer's one among 160 to reach peakCLIMAXDDown 21: Endless plain in central Russia generating windsSNAKESDDown 22: Game I play in Rome onceLUDODDown 23: Brief supporter of games above and other gameBOAR