The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 12th June 2023 There are 15 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 12th June 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Eternal punishment of mother countryDAMNATIONAAcross 6: Glue crown around sovereign's headPASTEAAcross 9: Unruly amateurs menaced gaming venueAMUSEMENT ARCADEAAcross 10: Letter isn't vowel?NOTEAAcross 11: Attractive person embracing firm masterBECOMINGAAcross 14: Engineer melds true instrumentSTEEL DRUMAAcross 15: Article about professional protective wearAPRONAAcross 16: Small motorbike moved aimlesslyMOPEDAAcross 18: Starry eyed about dropping right songYESTERDAYAAcross 20: Twist on top of pieTURN OVERAAcross 20: Twist on top of pieTURNOVERAAcross 21: Egg on valiant ultra marathoners at the startOVUMAAcross 25: Roughly appraised import as stolenMISAPPROPRIATEDAAcross 26: Fly across lake powered by the sunSOLARAAcross 27: Where plants grow is quiet and springySHRUBBERYDDown 1: Closed part of hospital promoted by head of neurologyDRAWNDDown 2: Short time with loose Canadian copMOUNTIEDDown 3: Encourage sailor on filmABETDDown 4: Chilled journalist following immoral capitalist leadersICEDDDown 5: Lowest trap catching vacuum flaskNETHERMOSTDDown 6: Punches salesperson upset by Foreign Office chargesPERFORATESDDown 7: Mark crosses river that is more terrifyingSCARIERDDown 8: Appear caught in New York crisisEMERGENCYDDown 12: Axe cut by strange old peasantCLODHOPPERDDown 13: German rye breads baked for old menGREYBEARDSDDown 14: Thing returned by Carpathian in cry for help now and thenSOMETIMESDDown 17: Friend covers artist thus in shadePARASOLDDown 19: Fan voted out by heads of electronic engineeringDEVOTEEDDown 22: Dirty setter's embracing posh Doctor of DivinityMUDDYDDown 23: Knocks over boxSPARDDown 24: Part of body overcome by chemical imbalanceLIMB