The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 5th June 2023 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 5th June 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: A bachelor meeting Elizabeth, a superior womanABBESSAAcross 5: Warders' wages smallSCREWSAAcross 8: One slides over nail to avoid a punctureTHIMBLEAAcross 9: Condiment given a false rating at firstVINEGARAAcross 11: Health centre for hypochondriacs?WELLWOMANCLINICAAcross 12: Arguments got louder, as we hearROWSAAcross 13: Two terms of golf that go with your cardCHIPANDPINAAcross 17: Unauthorised disposal of insect?FLYTIPPINGAAcross 18: Manage to get last member of oil cartel into leading positionCOPEAAcross 20: Coming to the end of touring holiday with no alternative available?INTHELASTRESORTAAcross 23: Line and wriggly wormANNELIDAAcross 24: Under compulsion, old boy told a story about golfOBLIGEDAAcross 25: Gravedigger working after an hour in churchSEXTONAAcross 26: Furious desire to liveRESIDEDDown 2: The aisle, do we hear, where horses may be ridden?BRIDLEWAYDDown 3: Be slow about forcing one's way through with these?ELBOWSDDown 4: The old SS had power to move youSTEAMSHIPDDown 5: So many taking part in athletics eventSEVENDDown 6: Foul-smelling fish causing irritationRANKLINGDDown 7: Keep shaking the cartWAGONDDown 8: A listed building?TOWEROFPISADDown 10: Wrongly record event — it's changed backRECONVERTEDDDown 14: Drunk port, No 1 in winePINOT NOIRDDown 15: No amateur was keen to be dragged outPROLONGEDDDown 16: Paper, large amount, for an appointmentTIME SLOTDDown 19: Fields of study concerned with charitable givingREALMSDDown 21: Slight colour in metal regularly greyTINGEDDown 22: Extra notice given to teacherADD-ON