The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 5th February 2001 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 5th February 2001. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Where an adder slides to and fro?ABACUSAAcross 5: This man may advertise food and old portSANDWICHAAcross 9: A pound of sultanas?SERAGLIOAAcross 10: It may help in building up or knocking down a houseMORTARAAcross 11: An overdrawn accountEXAGGERATIONAAcross 13: Jewish priest in live broadcastLEVIAAcross 14: A race of more than local interestNATIONALAAcross 17: More of the same in LatinETCETERAAAcross 18: Getting married in a church will be a high spotACMEAAcross 20: Yet a foghorn may give itCLEARWARNINGAAcross 23: About to let it stand outside in the waySTREETAAcross 24: Confessed to having been taken inADMITTEDAAcross 25: Pickle storePRESERVEAAcross 26: Observe nothing in being old and infirmSENILEDDown 2: Some steak or grouse?BEEFDDown 3: Eire faces new truceCEASE-FIREDDown 3: Eire faces new truceCEASEFIREDDown 4: Unbridled lust, an essential for an eastern rulerSULTANDDown 5: A match that's not relatively friendly?SHOTGUNMARRIAGEDDown 6: Can count on union rising about tea breakNUMERATEDDown 7: Best, strange as it seemsWORSTDDown 8: Heraldic battledress?COAT OF ARMSDDown 12: Fan of sickness benefit?VENTILATORDDown 15: Ape has most of the fruit ã a nut, perhapsORANGUTANDDown 16: A sweater specially designed for the brinySEAWATERDDown 19: Shed light on rising problem for test paperLITMUSDDown 21: Declares a piece of poetry lacks pointAVERSDDown 22: Have some sense and charge a pound!FEEL