The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 9th June 2006 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 9th June 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: They won't complain about diabolical serviceSATANISTSAAcross 8: Person from Japan or China I saw returningASIANAAcross 9: Give consideration to hostENTERTAINAAcross 10: Near end of holiday, one's taken in second testRESITAAcross 12: Having row with contrary painter that's less of a PhilistineARTIERAAcross 13: Genius of the naughty nineties?EINSTEINAAcross 14: Wine that gets 4, 17, or 19 drunkRETSINAAAcross 17: Distortion of 4, 14, or 19 is not so pleasantNASTIERAAcross 20: Furious about ceremony being shortened? Bother!IRRITATEAAcross 22: Worry that people may dispute in controversySTRESSAAcross 24: Mediterranean plant propagated in seaANISEAAcross 25: New Yorker, for example, creates attention about a humorous authorEASTERNERAAcross 26: Peters out after 1762, for exampleTSARSAAcross 27: I test nine or ten in site developed for part of vital canalINTESTINEDDown 1: Student initially losing pound as paid employeeEARNERDDown 2: Restaurants serving various teas around lakeEATERIESDDown 3: Family member who's kept in order?SISTERDDown 4: Organist composed 14, 17, or 19STAINERDDown 5: State forcefully includes king in what's beneficialASSERTDDown 6: Send up stuff about pupil's surroundingsSATIRISEDDown 11: Gossip about new girlANNADDown 15: Quality that to a considerable extent is queer, in essenceEERINESSDDown 16: Intimate approachNEARDDown 18: Salt, ie sailor, given special treatTARTRATEDDown 19: Keeps modifying 4, 14, or 17RETAINSDDown 21: Not reacting about son being put insideINSERTDDown 22: A piece of cake for person at tableSITTERDDown 23: Behind a lot of bones found in chestsSTERNA