The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 25th June 2009 There are 15 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 25th June 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Offensive plot invalid hereSICK BEDAAcross 1: Offensive plot invalid hereSICKBEDAAcross 5: Rob, then save a bit of old brassSACKBUTAAcross 9: Live comfortably by end of roadDWELLAAcross 10: Sort of column a little irregular: bet reviews taken the wrong wayVERTEBRALAAcross 11: Relative set out plain, though not originallySTEPPARENTAAcross 12: See 19WRAPAAcross 14: Smiling bouncer discovers buyer stashing speedSPACEHOPPERAAcross 18: Uproar from black and white endangered instrument, might you say?PANDEMONIUMAAcross 21: Information from all corners of the globe?NEWSAAcross 22: Monstrous joke about king, one from Italian city, guillotinedGARGANTUANAAcross 25: Instrument causing damage when attached to one short whipHARMONICAAAcross 26: Walk, though don't start to walkAMBLEAAcross 27: Father authoritarian, bit of a nagPASTERNAAcross 28: Unknown quantity cuts meat back after temperature for you personally onceTHYSELFDDown 1: Bad man said to reform good one?SADISTDDown 2: See 20CLEVESDDown 3: One's work's stuck up, as William in the reign of Charles III?BILL POSTERDDown 3: One's work's stuck up, as William in the reign of Charles III?BILLPOSTERDDown 4: Fish left in books to fill handed-out bread?DOVERDDown 5: Good to be in peaceful surroundings, given uprising, it is plainSERENGETIDDown 6: Company gloatedCREWDDown 7: Catch up, then strike hard in proportional representationBAR GRAPHDDown 8: Tie lease up over time, or move in an instant?TELEPORTDDown 13: In the red, a rent adjustment needed as running accountCOMMENTARYDDown 15: Love a fair helping of bother?ADORATIONDDown 16: Old writers bound to find system of working not closedOPEN SHOPDDown 17: Universally accepted answer, a funny way to be caughtUNAWARESDDown 19: Regularly written blurb wasted on Eminem's music — do pop fans love it?BUBBLEDDown 20: Plain wrong choice for Henry after eleven cans of special brew?ANNEOFDDown 23: One soldier and another 22GIANTDDown 24: See 4SOLE