The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 26th September 2001 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 26th September 2001. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Very funny comedian marked on map with 9KILLINGFIELDSAAcross 10: Stag at bingo, would-be seducer in 13HARTHOUSEAAcross 11: Wearing Sikh headgear, monarch comes in between citiesINTERAAcross 12: Grace Darling's treeCEDARAAcross 13: Letters to "Dear Smith" by ...HARD TIMESAAcross 14: ... writer, Adler's alias, surrounded by birdsCHARLESAAcross 16: Agriculture only possible for younger people?TILLAGEAAcross 18: Invigilate lines in Old EnglishOVERSEEAAcross 20: See 14DICKENSAAcross 21: 25's son-in-law obliged to run into horse-raceBOUNDERBYAAcross 23: A load of French snailsCARGOAAcross 24: Take to backing a mindless operatorROBOTAAcross 25: Protagonist of 13 gets new grid, about 1,000 poundsGRADGRINDAAcross 26: Not getting anywhere hot, lined off with percussionINTHEDOLDRUMSDDown 2: Cross about bungled raid? Make it clearIRRADIATEDDown 3: Composer for the single harmonicaLEHARDDown 4: Crosses alternative shotgun outNOUGHTSDDown 5: Buddy ornament for old city amid shipsFLEURETDDown 6: I lost out entering poem consisting of lettersEPISTOLICDDown 7: Information: I'm not sure when I heard it ...DATUMDDown 8: French tea, nuts and porridge, less thrilling to WordsworthTHECUCKOOBIRDDDown 9: Quarrelled with news-papermen among theseCROSSEDSWORDSDDown 15: Eleventh hour landing in the sea?LAST-DITCHDDown 17: Soul is not immortal, I allege, and memory is includedAVERROISMDDown 19: Awfully angeredENRAGEDDDown 20: Nothing but stones (Spooner's slow speech expressing irony)DRY-WALLDDown 20: Nothing but stones (Spooner's slow speech expressing irony)DRYWALLDDown 22: See 11URBANDDown 23: Smoke rising tragically without accountCIGAR