The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 9th June 2020 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 9th June 2020. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Blessed with strength to catch fishFORTUNATEAAcross 10: Batty about following a high priestAARONAAcross 11: Angry young man briefly accompanied returning bookREBECCAAAcross 12: Sneak look at conductor ignoring new duo playingPREVIEWAAcross 13: Petulant refusal is the customWONTAAcross 14: In court, argue against jail in speechQUADRANGLEAAcross 16: Buy a three-pound mix that soothes infantLULLABYAAcross 17: GP moves cautiously and cleans out bedDREDGESAAcross 19: Feeble commercial ban a few acceptTHREADBAREAAcross 22: Greeting government agency circularCIAOAAcross 24: I hear someone coming to checkAUDITORAAcross 25: Country roads twisting, say, near the middleSENEGALAAcross 26: Fruit needing flood regularly eaten by half of us?MELONAAcross 27: Unlikely to go up, if turned over and put downFIREPROOFDDown 1: Its subject: in messy warfare, male lostAFAREWELLTOARMSDDown 2: Court case: what the Master of the Rolls may bring into it?TRIBUNALDDown 3: Chew meal, having changed starterMUNCHDDown 4: Country man dropped rope securing articlePARAGUAYDDown 5: A number entered here — vital to move quietlyKEYPADDDown 6: Torn material valuedLACERATEDDDown 7: Opening for visitor at last not initially residing in BerlinIRVINGDDown 8: Restored health, but on borrowed time again?ANEWLEASEOFLIFEDDown 15: England almost besotted with it, a cold dishGALANTINEDDown 17: In a city (not London) is nothing totally unimportantDERISORYDDown 18: Sort of rate boy's bad behaviourGOINGSONDDown 20: Free, led to crack puzzleRIDDLEDDown 21: Deprived, be confident judge may interveneBEREFTDDown 23: Trim end of toe in wadersSNIPE