The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 12th June 2000 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 12th June 2000. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Book champion boxer?LORDOFTHERINGSAAcross 9: An animal unlikely to be overlookedGIRAFFEAAcross 10: Back possibly sore after the finishENDORSEAAcross 11: Label a pair socially unacceptableTABOOAAcross 12: One who used to teach paintingOLD MASTERAAcross 13: Fair assessment of those not beyond redemptionNOTTOOBADAAcross 14: He sculpted a man embracing a girlRODINAAcross 15: Show into Poe's house?USHERAAcross 17: The means I contrived to control the sailMAINSHEETAAcross 20: Experiment on patients may set precedentsTESTCASESAAcross 22: Ideal leader for daily paperDREAMAAcross 23: Girls get degrees without a studyMAIDENSAAcross 24: I get new angles about payments for newspaper articlesLINAGESAAcross 25: Gives no indicationSHAKESONESHEADDDown 1: You should be switched on by thisLIGHTINGUPTIMEDDown 2: Savoury portion, not well cookedRAREBITDDown 3: Blue and not feeling wellOFF-COLOURDDown 4: Article on lack of personal hygiene by doctor may be a deterrentTHEBOMBDDown 5: Turn me over - that's better!EMENDEDDDown 6: Test side batting needs help in upsetINDIADDown 7: Turned into a dreadful tragedyGYRATEDDDown 8: Victorian expression of disapprovalWEARENOTAMUSEDDDown 14: Occupiers who pay neither top nor bottom in rentsRESIDENTSDDown 16: Finding cannabis will settle his hashHASHISHDDown 17: Broods about one's exploitsMISUSESDDown 18: It's specifically used by diabeticsINSULINDDown 19: Green damaged after record standEPERGNEDDown 21: The nerve of the chapCHEEK