The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 21st June 2023 There are 16 across clues and 12 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 21st June 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Italian heiress left to confront heartless ideaPORTIAAAcross 5: 'Isms' tend somehow to determine outlooksMINDSETSAAcross 9: Demanded to be at home with little girl and boyINSISTEDAAcross 10: Sick-looking friend needing coverPALLIDAAcross 11: Notice French art showing Hell to MiltonADESAAcross 12: Lack of vitality very little to the fore in worshipVENERATIONAAcross 13: City raised endless soldiersBREMENAAcross 15: The fellow dressed in fancy state, ultimate in elegance?AESTHETEAAcross 17: Instruments in a car so complicatedOCARINASAAcross 19: Male snake gets angrierMADDERAAcross 20: Sees what's wrong — nothing right in illustrationsBISHOPRICSAAcross 22: Frothy stuff provided by helpless pub serverBARMAAcross 23: Not just a Parisian trade eventUNFAIRAAcross 24: Rejected everywhere, we hearTHREWOUTAAcross 25: Slippery types falling over support, being less alertSLEEPIERAAcross 26: Look to imprison a revolutionary in Texas cityLAREDODDown 2: What's done to criminal, I fancy, not following a particular lineOMNIDIRECTIONALDDown 3: Follows one side turning up on cricket field before match?TAILSDDown 4: I invent an unusual solution to a snake bite?ANTIVENINDDown 5: Fellow holding party has upset an iconic femaleMADONNADDown 6: Measurement in a communications circuit one person has installedNEPERDDown 7: Spotted copper nabbing group in outdoor buildingSPLOTCHEDDDown 8: Ninth drought and one will be suffering — crops being this?THINONTHEGROUNDDDown 14: Party member in demonstration having to make hasteMARCHHAREDDown 16: Active males rest twice a year?SEMESTRALDDown 18: The firs chopped? One may get a dramatic change of scenerySHIFTERDDown 21: Religious type is hit on the reboundPARSIDDown 22: Hat left out in alcoveBOWER