The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 22nd June 2023 There are 14 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 22nd June 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Policeman getting stoned, in a dreadful stateDILAPIDATIONAAcross 9: Hands clasping bird, one dwelling in treesLEMURAAcross 10: Fish cakes flipping green, with dessert being yellowCOWARDICEAAcross 11: Opposes further exams head of school's introducedRESISTSAAcross 12: Nearly trick chess champion, making exchangesTRADINGAAcross 13: Means of buying audio version of The Unbearable Lightness of Being?CHEQUEBOOKAAcross 15: According to reporter, East End trio's at largeFREEAAcross 18: Bishop abandons Italian riverbankTIERAAcross 19: One might get played in auditor's vile scamBASS FIDDLEAAcross 22: Storybook prefaced by a Spanish translator's introUNTRUTHAAcross 24: Person in Black Sea abroad catches old vesselMOURNERAAcross 25: Luvvie, attacked by bee crossing river, hobbledHAMSTRUNGAAcross 26: American, as it happens, is quickALIVEAAcross 27: Outspoken genius rejects one scientist playing GodFRANKENSTEINDDown 1: Syrian's theatrical work missing right part of it?DAMASCENEDDown 2: Exaltation and short satisfied expression for one in bedLARKSPURDDown 3: Old Brits, perhaps still way to the northPICTSDDown 4: Strike idiot in neck and face in scrapDOWNTOOLSDDown 5: Parent into Jack Kerouac at last — it's On The RoadTARMACDDown 6: Animal that grazes in pen put up on islandORIBIDDown 7: Idle, following extremely casual fatherCLERICDDown 8: Struggle eating animal produce? Such a person wouldVEGGIEDDown 14: Stole M Sartre's case in waterside shedBOATHOUSEDDown 16: Navy brought in new look for navy emblemREDENSIGNDDown 17: Fashion items around posh Hollywood area for modelSIMULATEDDown 18: T Rex oddly covering It Hurts Me — it's a hit!TOUCHEDDown 20: Pupil hasn't started rewarding activityEARNERDDown 21: New Yorker's behind acceptable British driverBUTT ONDDown 21: New Yorker's behind acceptable British driverBUTTONDDown 23: One might record duration of brief uprisingTIMERDDown 24: Enchanting person's publication — the Guardian?MAGUS