The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 1st June 2009 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 1st June 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: But is it suitable wear for a square dance?BALL GOWNAAcross 5: Commanding Officer in charge set about sergeant major — great!COSMICAAcross 9: Excellent act worth an encoreGOOD TURNAAcross 10: Students of the pastALUMNIAAcross 12: Golden retriever's mateMEDEAAAcross 13: In love and caring fantastically — it's a sort of chemistryINORGANICAAcross 14: A worthy person, as yet lacking polishROUGHDIAMONDAAcross 18: Son is against being involved in secret trystsASSIGNATIONSAAcross 21: Retaliation in kind from tart, fit to burstTIT FOR TATAAcross 23: Admit defeat and returnYIELDAAcross 24: Requires sound massagesKNEADSAAcross 25: Belonging to different unions but working togetherINUNISONAAcross 26: Female relatives of a pawnbroker?NIECESAAcross 27: Young bounders in formLEVERETSDDown 1: Generous girl having two husbands?BIGAMYDDown 2: They're known mainly as insurersLLOYDSDDown 3: Makes a wish and does well in companyGETSALONGDDown 4: Study group combining business with pleasureWORKING PARTYDDown 6: Zero standard of wartime prisonOFLAGDDown 7: They remind me repeatedly not to change directionMEMENTOSDDown 8: Match money playing diceCOINCIDEDDown 11: Visitors are barred — it's badly contaminatedNOADMITTANCEDDown 15: Irritation anyone can causeANNOYANCEDDown 16: Shared in a good round of golf?PARTAKENDDown 17: We are its ruin, so to speakAS IT WEREDDown 19: The French bishop's responsibility for a tenantLESSEEDDown 20: A Spaniard is a GreekADONISDDown 22: Do lie about being past one's primeOLDIE