The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 3rd June 2022 There are 16 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 3rd June 2022. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: State capital initially provided with one cold large pondPACIFICAAcross 8: It seems odd, releasing end of rope from show bullPARADOXAAcross 9: Jester receiving king's summons?WRITAAcross 10: Low and trimmed-down portable night vision aidMOONLIGHTAAcross 12: Modern communication needs a new start? Humbug!SWEETAAcross 13: 'Brethren, Odysseus has a sad air'THRENODYAAcross 15: Ridicules anchoring devicesGUYSAAcross 16: Secretive, a bit like a 20th-century avant-garde composer?CAGEYAAcross 17: Parcel lost at the centre unitCELLAAcross 18: In short, leader's intervention in niche activity is the issueCHILDRENAAcross 20: In which 'essence' is an intellectual pursuitCHESSAAcross 21: A seventh part of labour production in month — increased by permitSEPTUPLETAAcross 22: Leave out gender-specific termMISSAAcross 22: Leave out gender-specific termMISS.AAcross 24: Female introduces Hardy's 'foolish things'FOLLIESAAcross 25: Daily instruction tedious, yet starts producing good workCHARITYDDown 1: Shock when rocker perhaps goes toplessHAIRDDown 2: It's working in shift that causes griefDISTRESSDDown 3: Lot of winter sports equipment (source not revealed) encounteredKISMETDDown 4: Peer right inside large foreign hollowed-out entityEARLGREYDDown 5: Uttered expression of regret over dead so-called city onceSAIGONDDown 6: Snake on top of tea packet?BOATDDown 11: As a stop sign can go a lot out of shapeOCTAGONALDDown 12: Direction to shut off when temperature's droppedSOUTHDDown 14: Party's full of large Liberal dummies!DOLLSDDown 16: Girl holds handle, which goes aroundCAROUSELDDown 17: Cheesy place in which best rye is drunk?CREAMERYDDown 19: Clothing features: elastic loop tops in legsLAPELSDDown 20: Memorable piece of fielding at end of playCATCHYDDown 21: Performance of Silence that's painfulSHOWDDown 23: It's affected by Earth's positionSITE