The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 26th June 2018 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 26th June 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Takes short trips, full of energy and aspirationsHOPESAAcross 4: Stop cricket side going on holidayLEAVE OFFAAcross 8: Like groups on vacation, getting money by selling things offASSETSTRIPPINGAAcross 10: Fast no doubt broken by backsliding churchSECURELYAAcross 11: Dance, or eastern ball of sorts, going westBOLEROAAcross 12: Revived fur trade's criminalFRAUDSTERAAcross 15: Revolutionary children's writer having no time for dramatistIBSENAAcross 17: Cast leading pair in third seriesTHROWAAcross 18: Nutmeg's in tiddly state in a small cafeESTAMINETAAcross 19: Small vessel raised after master abandons herTEACUPAAcross 21: Consider introducing collars round poisonous plantRATSBANEAAcross 24: Romanian garden yielding fruitMANDARIN ORANGEAAcross 25: Look out for GI avoiding complex debriefingBEFRIENDAAcross 26: Put paid to journalists concealing nameENDEDDDown 1: Leaders not quite what the Queen of Hearts ordered, say?HEADSOFSTATEDDown 2: Drive first person boarding cleaner, low-level transportPUSHCHAIRDDown 3: Lecher lines up at end of daySATYRDDown 4: Smallest member in Oxford, possibly?LITTLE TOEDDown 5: International alliance putting a boundary upAXISDDown 6: Instrument you fake for listeners? I'm not sureEUPHONIUMDDown 7: Dodgy handler, one of many at Aintree?FENCEDDown 9: Routine problem for emerging divers lacking second pottyROUND THE BENDDDown 13: Provincial county short of land for deportees at one time?DOWNUNDERDDown 14: Redundant staff are often kept on, Republican admittedRETRAINEDDDown 16: Brown junior soundly beaten?SUNTANNEDDDown 20: Gnome's promotion coming with maturityADAGEDDown 22: What those waiting do to start play?SERVEDDown 23: Available payment about rightFREE