The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 2nd June 2000 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 2nd June 2000. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: What imprisoned blacksmith did when cell door wouldn't lock?MADEABOLTFORITAAcross 8: Coach tour, perhaps, on first TuesdayTUTORAAcross 9: Curse on flower boxEXECRATEAAcross 11: Direct speechADDRESSAAcross 12: Traveller with some over for fur supplierTRAPPERAAcross 13: Lose faith in pleas?LAPSEAAcross 15: Duck below bedcoverEIDERDOWNAAcross 17: Flat singer following steady courseEVENTENORAAcross 20: Thanks to politician, first automated port in FloridaTAMPAAAcross 21: Believe credulously in birdSWALLOWAAcross 23: Small patrol bringing in first roe-deerPRICKETAAcross 25: Control precipitation after breakRESTRAINAAcross 26: Receivers often showing other side of coinVERSOAAcross 27: What jockeys should be prepared for in starred resorts?STARTERSORDERSDDown 1: Accidentally use tiller and aim weapon?MITRAILLEUSEDDown 2: Old-fashioned American lawman and model journalistDATEDDDown 3: Conformity to treatyAGREEMENTDDown 4: Supervise bishop's position?OBERSEEDDown 5: Stood round and negotiatedTREATEDDDown 6: A core development in sheathOCREADDown 7: Descriptive of member of upper class giving peak performanceINTOPFORMDDown 10: Business deals over right answer to lawsuitsTRANSACTIONSDDown 14: Widespread plant, ever-changingPREVALENTDDown 16: One who rescues a dogRETRIEVERDDown 18: Prison affording fresh openingNEWGATEDDown 19: Feels unhappy about treesREPINESDDown 22: Dead queen seen on a subsequent occasionLATERDDown 24: Irish foot-soldier needing some thicker neckwearKERNE