The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 24th June 2009 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 24th June 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Ahead of time? No — so dust manically aiming for neat conditionFOOTANDMOUTHAAcross 8: See 1DISEASEAAcross 9: Franglais speaker at wedding needs this for footsieLEGROOMAAcross 11: Foreign poetry mentioned in old articleOVERSEAAAcross 12: What daring trapeze artist wants is held back, causing strainTENSIONAAcross 13: You and yours have reportedly stolenW. King's toysYOYOSAAcross 14: Down-to-earth in the exchanges?DIRT CHEAPAAcross 16: Business deprived of drink? It's delivered earlier than the milkCOLOSTRUMAAcross 19: Chief of executives welcomed by French dish in the foldPLEATAAcross 21: Function of arsenic that's criminalARC SINEAAcross 21: Function of arsenic that's criminalARCSINEAAcross 23: Fib about turning round style of artworkRELIEVOAAcross 24: River spot in which I'll get lost, say? No circumnavigating BacksYANGTZEAAcross 25: Big Ears? Yes, but not a close mateNODDINGAAcross 26: See 25ACQUAINTANCEDDown 1: Keep quiet when among ardent swimmers hereFISHERYDDown 2: Riding beast of burden is AristotleONASSISDDown 3: Man by joiner in a whirl? The reverseALEXANDERDDown 4: China ran up tab in absence of JackDELFTDDown 5: Natural? Close, but no cigar, unfortunatelyORGANICDDown 6: Double-cross? Well, almost double-cross!TWO-TIMEDDown 7: Fools wasting time on North Carolina headland? Spanning the years, this is characteristicIDIOSYNCRASYDDown 10: Amongst others, I snog nth sloven with oomphMONOPHTHONGSDDown 15: In new term make drawer, adding colourREMBRANDTDDown 17: Do in non-professional — in a few wordsLACONICDDown 18: Health-promoting therapy's hard for a dogSHIH-TZUDDown 19: Possibly Sir Galahad or his film double is taking noticePALADINDDown 20: One-time recidivist holds up this anti-social individualEREMITEDDown 22: Fragrant stuff — that's honey stored up the hillELEMI