The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 23rd June 2022 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 23rd June 2022. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Alas, sad Sid, missing Violet, is full of lustSALACIOUSAAcross 6: Grunge performed by elderly lead with a wheezeGOODAAcross 8: Supportive of political paper? Keep goingPROTRACTAAcross 9: Edit makes cardinal turn?REDACTAAcross 10: Argentina's signature housing grantASSIGNAAcross 11: Visual aid gets royal person (not king) backing doctrinePINCE-NEZAAcross 12: Brave cooks wrapping date exotically, perhapsADVERBAAcross 15: Too often mistaken for an unimportant eventFOOTNOTEAAcross 16: Look associated with cunning jumbo?AIRCRAFTAAcross 19: Substantial magazine piece: 'Put on weight'SPREADAAcross 21: Dish busy playing with ballSYLLABUBAAcross 22: Regret shoehorning outdated record into leaseREPENTAAcross 24: Powered vehicle of stone bound to lose its rearJETSKIAAcross 25: Poet has no right to internalise American apprehensionSUSPENSEAAcross 26: See 6IDEAAAcross 27: Sediment found by the Mexican common weedGROUNDSELDDown 1: They're bound to work out ref's needing specs ultimatelySERFSDDown 2: Tactile, round sort of windowLATTICEDDown 3: Neckwear item, possibly one piercing a nearby featureCHAINDDown 4: Above performing with bra on show? Not quiteONTOPOFDDown 5: Hard nut, so sure to get a beatingSTRENUOUSDDown 6: Fish from dugout gone offGUDGEONDDown 7: Pit workers abandoned short race?ORCHESTRADDown 13: Milk producers switched two entries in record — the woman's deceived at firstDAIRYHERDDDown 14: Bird book, hardly conciseBRAMBLINGDDown 17: State protects forged steel instrumentCELESTADDown 18: Label attached to a southern county: 'It's saucy!'TABASCODDown 20: To keep down right, ruler has to oust Marxist leaderREPRESSDDown 22: Spades used in check for tree productRESINDDown 23: Nosy Catalan's casually abandoning petNASAL