The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 9th June 2009 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 9th June 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Cleaning equipment was black, kept in storeWASHBOARDAAcross 6: Dashed hopes reap the reward always at the endSPEDAAcross 10: Refuse to admit noun is common languageSLANGAAcross 11: Here planes perhaps penetrate through craft? I'm unsureARBORETUMAAcross 12: Fixed penalty to spareAPLENTYAAcross 13: Word of realisation among birds in this together?CAHOOTSAAcross 14: Children's character sees rugby forward Jack tackling cup holderRUPERTTHEBEARAAcross 17: Maybe he'll recognise curious eventCHEESEROLLINGAAcross 21: So nipple areas are getting cold, with top discardedAREOLARAAcross 22: Stomach infection precedes nightmareBUGBEARAAcross 24: Silly, wearing cooler hatINFANTILEAAcross 25: Cut right into hole undergroundCARVEAAcross 26: Scavenger's trickGULLAAcross 27: As the Queen's blood?ROYAL BLUEDDown 1: Know-all's message covers the main chapterWISEACREDDown 2: Carol's about to catch vehicle up in curious eventSNAILDDown 3: Curious event where trap set up: drunk 23s, catching a thousand fishBOGSNORKELLINGDDown 4: Thought expert Gore invested in anyway?ANALYSTDDown 5: Disaster proving hard to remove from bleached dickyDEBACLEDDown 7: Amount of tea to serve, right? One scented it isPOTPOURRIDDown 8: Half and half seen as the endDEMISEDDown 9: A cool glacier has almost melted, as remains to be studiedARCHAEOLOGICALDDown 15: Rye (so much for Agatha Christie!), where policeman turned up on time in amazing flukePOCKETFULDDown 16: Soldier nursing king in time before victorious day, showing distressAGGRIEVEDDown 18: More cross southern river to rest in old citySURLIERDDown 19: End of four months in the red, becoming flexibleRUBBERYDDown 20: See 2RACINGDDown 23: Sign up name in learning to be upstandingENROL