The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 6th June 2000 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 6th June 2000. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Income from a bit of preaching to be about deathPREBENDAAcross 5: Irishman cut short by East European controversyPOLEMICAAcross 9: Theatre of the obscenely richLYRICAAcross 10: A boat can cross a riverCATAMARANAAcross 11: The sly Tory can't possibly be associated with CarringtonLYTTON STRACHEYAAcross 13: Incline to be a cadHEELAAcross 14: Fresh and vigorous, you get the endless flu going roundYOUTHFULAAcross 17: Lawrence and Eric had to be restrainedTETHEREDAAcross 18: They may be open to receive weaponsARMSAAcross 21: Fiction adapted, say, for the stageTHEFORSYTESAGAAAcross 23: Student has to eat without bare essentials before being on itBREAD LINEAAcross 23: Student has to eat without bare essentials before being on itBREADLINEAAcross 24: Funeral lament in cathedral, for exampleELEGYAAcross 25: Not having sex first night out, exercise inspires 9EUTERPEAAcross 26: About time Rolling Stones provided capital coverSTETSONDDown 1: Post from Eastern EuropePOLEDDown 2: Old village tradesman's preference?EARLYSETTLEMENTDDown 3: Old name for "stir"EXCITEDDown 4: Modest climb down without 1 downDECENTDDown 5: Request a small chargePETITIONDDown 6: Scourges a holy one among sacrificial victimsLAMBASTSDDown 7: With the deceptive charm of public relations, the monstrous woman is something irresistibleMARCHOFPROGRESSDDown 8: Sods can fly? Unlikely - there's little substance to itCANDYFLOSSDDown 12: Cardboard saint upset in Kent?WHITSTABLEDDown 15: Legal instrument?RECORDERDDown 16: Sweat displayed by an Oxford dreamerPERSPIREDDown 19: Capital required because the name is includedATHENSDDown 20: Being a religious ascetic, one needs somewhat less energyESSENEDDown 22: Only not exactly king of 18LYON