The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 9th July 2001 There are 14 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 9th July 2001. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Free waterSPRINGAAcross 5: Waste of a key public serviceFUTILITYAAcross 9: Man rises above itIRISH SEAAAcross 10: Snooping, a small number make notesNOSINGAAcross 11: An order for despatchDEATH WARRANTAAcross 13: Destructive bore in Spanish riverEBROAAcross 14: Complete cancellation of a golf match?ROUND OFFAAcross 17: Confine Brown without leave to military HQPENTAGONAAcross 18: Grain of discomfortCORNAAcross 20: Abandon Britain, say, to live in isolation here?DESERTISLANDAAcross 23: Wrongly admits to being at the centre of thingsAMIDSTAAcross 24: One has a job to get money from oneEMPLOYERAAcross 25: Odd doctrine obtains goods without payingONCREDITAAcross 26: The game's finished without a teamNOSIDEDDown 2: A state of pure chaosPERUDDown 3: Changed round when batting team has been dismissedINSIDE-OUTDDown 4: Yet his talk is far from uplifting!GASBAGDDown 5: How one may get down to make money dishonestly?FEATHER ONE'S NESTDDown 6: Mythical king who never quite got what he wantedTANTALUSDDown 7: Runner defeated in close raceLOSERDDown 8: Pitcher on the table?TUNING FORKDDown 12: A meal's been cooked for sailorsABLESEAMENDDown 15: Such trees are barely recognisable in winterDECIDUOUSDDown 16: Shaken and upsetAGITATEDDDown 19: Does it secure tile to shingle?HATPINDDown 21: Dis duck - or dat?EIDERDDown 22: Guide to the first cardLEAD