The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 17th August 2001 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 17th August 2001. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Bringing forth the case for the Euro?EVOCATIVEAAcross 10: Weapon whose abandonment may bring promotionLANCEAAcross 11: Porn appears for the first time in Beethoven's workEROTICAAAcross 12: Ealing Broadway first confused AsianBENGALIAAcross 13: Extent of territory occupied by Crusaders?ACREAAcross 14: L could be a bargainLOSS LEADERAAcross 15: One thing a spinster cannot doREMARRYAAcross 17: Tony provided plum duff for the familyLUMPKINAAcross 19: Effects lacking on our railwaysSOUNDTRACKAAcross 22: Nourishment available for two small coinsSOUPAAcross 23: Why admit late items to be loaded?WEALTHYAAcross 24: Relating to a period after privatising the mailPOSTWARAAcross 26: Authority for government measuresRULERAAcross 27: Dutch uncle without a notion of geometryEUCLIDEANDDown 1: Sign of happy marriage - none of thisNEVERACROSSWORDDDown 2: Old record player?MONOGRAMDDown 3: Illness one may find in AfricaMALIDDown 4: Slow in raising one's hat to a politicianDILATORYDDown 5: Island for a boy to cry overLESBOSDDown 6: Battle celebrated by Orange typeBLENHEIMDDown 7: Draw no conclusion from turning to the frontONWARDDDown 8: It's not quite clear how a Jew almost managed to save Christian writingsSEMITRANSPARENTDDown 16: Space traveller and model flierREDSTARTDDown 17: Substitute taking over key roleLOCK PICKDDown 17: Substitute taking over key roleLOCKPICKDDown 18: Japanese growth threatening our country?KNOTWEEDDDown 20: Incompetent, but could be employed with a change of polarityUNABLEDDown 21: What a cat does with a ratRHYMESDDown 25: What's wrong about party leader?SPIN