The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 17th June 2020 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 17th June 2020. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Get rid of command, having lost time after timeERADICATEAAcross 10: Every third Etonian studying shows dissatisfactionENNUIAAcross 11: The mace deployed as a weaponMACHETEAAcross 12: Soft assonance heard in preparationPRIMINGAAcross 13: Find record at an endDISCAAcross 14: Neat, polite and not totally ItalianNEAPOLITANAAcross 16: Starting telly is depressing: it normally gives sad newsTIDINGSAAcross 17: Something from the florist, the ultimate in tulip arrangement for auntiePETUNIAAAcross 19: Strange locations featuring intro to Cockney RebelICONOCLASTAAcross 22: See 13OVERAAcross 24: They say massage before flu treatment is essentialNEEDFULAAcross 25: Drop Arab leader's storyPARABLEAAcross 26: Articles from Le Monde and the Guardian secure coverage of both sides of the moonLUNARAAcross 27: Turning prude, I tut on seeing thisTURPITUDEDDown 1: Married but misbehaving, with view to getting lost here?BERMUDA TRIANGLEDDown 2: Without religion? Possibly idealistic without itLAICISEDDDown 3: Top notch communist broadcastAIREDDDown 4: Slipshod of the Spanish or French to intervene in strokeCARELESSDDown 5: Maintain important-sounding little dog?KEEP UPDDown 6: Make laws member's passed onLEGISLATEDDown 7: Home papers rejected by court chargeINDICTDDown 8: Snake catches Native American airing out before it can climb wallsVIRGINIA CREEPERDDown 15: Working blouse on either sex is doing very wellONTOPFORMDDown 17: Travel essential for Dad's hobbyPASSPORTDDown 18: Unbelievably bad bile, out in colourNAVY BLUEDDown 20: With 11, 12, 13 or 8 films as once directedOCEANSDDown 21: Without covers, all told, vital novelLOLITADDown 23: Fresh air in vacated tenement propertyTRAIT