The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 9th June 2000 There are 14 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 9th June 2000. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: King Charles holding miss tighterCLOSERAAcross 5: Florence dominated by struggleFLOUNDERAAcross 9: Set free none with soul in tormentUNLOOSENAAcross 10: RAF man sitting inside only consoleSOLACEAAcross 11: For reclining, his canoe is fixed with glueCHAISE LONGUEAAcross 13: Mother of Paris seen in lakeMEREAAcross 14: It's essential to break tin with broad backINTEGRALAAcross 17: Summoning by bell, tense with suspicionTINKLINGAAcross 18: Uniform is unruffledEVENAAcross 20: Side of beef with cover for stargazers?SILVER SCREENAAcross 23: Is attractive when married with silver bagMAGNETAAcross 24: Quick inspection long ago finishedONCE-OVERAAcross 25: Paper carrier?NEWSGIRLAAcross 26: Allowed to imprison demon and hanger-onLIMPETDDown 2: Stroke a crocodile?LINEDDown 3: Fleck on pattern of squares not covering everyoneSPOT-CHECKDDown 4: Fellow sun-god has short climbRASCALDDown 5: Winding up poker players, perhaps, in girls' establishmentFINISHING SCHOOLDDown 6: Being old, died single at half-termOBSOLETEDDown 7: Company longs to show what is in hosieryNYLONDDown 8: Shut up about our being fostered!ENCOURAGEDDDown 12: Congratulate this cat: I feel it movingFELICITATEDDown 15: Ecological space for those off stageGREENROOMDDown 16: Baby-sitter bills holding up the booksLIBRETTIDDown 19: Type of skirt, but where is the point of it?PENCILDDown 21: At six, boy rises to get some plonkVINOSDDown 22: In this place he must join the Royal EngineersHERE