The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 3rd October 2000 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 3rd October 2000. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Recent medical graduates bury partnersINTERNSAAcross 5: Setter seen in FloridaORLANDOAAcross 10: Soprano role - 1,001 duetsMIMIAAcross 11: Conductor excluding writer with bad returnBARBIROLLIAAcross 12: Return for support after gameGO BACKAAcross 13: They are wound and screwyWINGNUTSAAcross 14: River rose exceptionally, giving rise to water supplyRESERVOIRAAcross 16: Frightened of the weather forecast?WINDYAAcross 17: Brushed round seats and tabletopSWEPTAAcross 19: A spaniel without one is more resilientSPRINGIERAAcross 23: One working with trees, working for treesFORESTERAAcross 24: Pals have no right to be devilsFIENDSAAcross 26: Novel found just behind a kind of dressing-tableVANITY FAIRAAcross 27: Talk openly about East Yorkshire riverAIREAAcross 28: Is present given when nurse is enrolled in wartime service?ATTENDSAAcross 29: A tree, when shaken, tinklesLENTISKDDown 2: So disgusting that no one takes partNOISOMEDDown 3: A little sister I called HeatherERICADDown 4: Novelist's name on a new book - Vladimir's firstNABOKOVDDown 6: Rules broken by singerREIGNSDDown 7: Plentiful ill-gotten gain both sides of borderABOUNDINGDDown 8: Erased document about leaseDELETEDDDown 9: Flower Power and criminal reformCROWN IMPERIALDDown 15: Unnecessary oath from former president I've allowed inEXPLETIVEDDown 18: Court poet not quite an insectWOOD ANTDDown 20: Operative like a policemanIN FORCEDDown 20: Operative like a policemanINFORCEDDown 21: Going over a river stops bearsENDURESDDown 22: Execution may be sedate, we hearSTAYEDDDown 25: Demand payment? Just so!EXACT