The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 19th June 2009 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 19th June 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: They're essential. Am I?ELEMENTSAAcross 5: Looks carefully at policeman in corner of London squareSCOPESAAcross 9: Fashionable eventHAPPENINGAAcross 11: Inner Temple advocates speak in courtPLEADAAcross 12: They hold together Oxonian official's cuffsBULLDOGCLIPSAAcross 15: Plunder stateroomHAULAAcross 16: Making Susie stand aloneUNASSISTEDAAcross 18: Goldfish buried in mummies' tombsMAUSOLEUMSAAcross 19: Oversized device?TOOLAAcross 21: Model sat for triple likenessSELF-PORTRAITAAcross 24: Fire and water in the eastROUSEAAcross 25: In those days international unit included unusual, singular1 acrossRUTHENIUMAAcross 26: Wife and I had to buy a gizmoWIDGETAAcross 27: Perhaps Tom meets South American in AmericaUNCLE SAMDDown 1: Real Charlie's in the ascendantECHTDDown 2: Discern the essence of Bernie's pyramid!ESPYDDown 3: Volcano's showing changes, to be sureEREBUSDDown 4: Indonesia, a country beset by terror, shows an empirical approachTRIAL-AND-ERRORDDown 6: Franciscan primateCAPUCHINDDown 7: Forecast to prince: Di is unstablePREDICTIONDDown 8: Way of riding is rejected, having finally destroyed knee jointSIDESADDLEDDown 10: A dragoman is to translate for a kind old PalestinianGOOD SAMARITANDDown 13: Perhaps Tom's gang discovered a way of making you talk?THUMBSCREWDDown 14: Enjoying things together and beginning to develop trustMUTUAL FUNDDDown 17: Entire league participates in contestCOMPLETEDDown 20: Long to join a student organPINEALDDown 22: Fail to take advantage of girlMISSDDown 22: Fail to take advantage of girlMISS.DDown 23: Male friend's about to become a MuslimofficialIMAM