The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 13th June 2023 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 13th June 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Picture king amongst group of pieces leading to checkSKETCHAAcross 4: Attractive woman's detailed incantationMANTRAAAcross 9: Strained sound of rebuke muffling answerTAUTAAcross 10: American trips taking in crumbling hall on an irregular basisATALLHOURSAAcross 11: Reveal hesitation about nationalist questionUNMASKAAcross 12: Extinct bird mentioned in dreary lectureGREAT AUKAAcross 13: Power gap filled by party leaderPRESIDENTAAcross 15: Rumour I ignored — it’s not sweetBRUTAAcross 16: Large organ broke? Not quiteSKINAAcross 17: Ministers not entirely caring about first one leaving wild partyCLERGYMENAAcross 21: Fine translation of ‘sucre’ to indicate this?FRUCTOSEAAcross 22: Children’s programme taking over core of seriesSPROGSAAcross 24: It’s used for lifting things without tipping?DUMBWAITERAAcross 25: Tack holding rear of carpet is a botherSTEWAAcross 26: Cracker show held in last third of AugustSEXPOTAAcross 27: Stop a party I backedPERIODDDown 1: Sign of injury, with nobody removing ring when entering hospital deviceSCANNERDDown 2: Congress heading off cheers about Republican addition?EXTRADDown 3: College, stretched, failedCRACKEDDDown 5: One suffers effects of sunburn, having rolled over in a dozeASLEEPDDown 6: Tense before translation of Wooster comedy finally displaying more elevated level?TWOSTOREYDDown 7: Bovine material in test mostly upheld as source of ventilationAIR DUCTDDown 8: Remarkable gains least expected after damage in these constituenciesMARGINALSEATSDDown 14: Electrical equipment linking birch and shrubSWITCHBOXDDown 16: Small support for hosting a composerSTRAUSSDDown 18: Place for wild animals always keeping a lot of the other ones upsetRESERVEDDown 19: For one Guardian leader on top teacher, it’s intellectualEGGHEADDDown 20: Married Australian brought in character not from Oz — the fruit of love?TOMATODDown 23: Fried potato dish — it’s golden when turned overROSTI