The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 5th July 2001 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 5th July 2001. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: The carrier's in liquor, the rat!BETRAYERAAcross 9: See 21HEARTSAAcross 10: Jumper to do a runner, sayFLEAAAcross 11: Big bud, the way into favourBEST FRIENDAAcross 12: Playwright's half 2 in cheeseBARRIEAAcross 14: 24across comes back and nods off: they 2 24across's 11DIAMONDSAAcross 15: A send off for one of 9 or 14REDCARDAAcross 17: A weight - I can carry it allATONEGOAAcross 20: Grand student on fieldwork at scene of 18KLONDIKEAAcross 22: Gates, maybe, soft before timePEARLYAAcross 23: Galilee, the place arranged with an openingANTECHAPELAAcross 24: Friday's child? Some giving, right, and a little loving?GIRLAAcross 25: Part of the bloodline in paternal grandmother?PLASMAAAcross 26: Mediterranean 2, home about 2NEAR EASTDDown 1: What 13 does is 8TELLTALEDDown 2: Region with a reason, without an issueAREADDown 3: 15 means extra repeatsBYE-BYEDDown 4: Take chair before team?PRESIDEDDown 5: See 19THEFEASTDDown 6: Muslim leader, cast iron, at a scene of 18CALIFORNIADDown 7: Out of one's mind with 14?STONEDDDown 13: Scheherazade was seen playing with our catRACONTEUSEDDown 16: Terminus unidentifiable since privatisation?RAILHEADDDown 18: Lord Muck in effusion by Charlie ChaplinGOLD RUSHDDown 19: Sneak thief, for example, with pet arrangement for celebrating Christmas?KEEPINGDDown 21: If they want company, name a cathedral to attend: there are plenty aboutLONELYDDown 22: Church's column, not well within standardPILLARDDown 24: Hoddle in Scotland for a single night?GLEN