The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 2nd October 2001 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 2nd October 2001. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Consort pianist?ACCOMPANISTAAcross 9: Natural home put up by masonsINBUILTAAcross 10: Army food from the sea?OCTOPUSAAcross 11: Bird fluttering right to left in Chingford?GOLDFINCHAAcross 12: Take from stricken flierRIFLEAAcross 13: Sheer classRANKAAcross 14: Anguish caused when the rash ace crashedHEARTACHESAAcross 16: Diana''s dogs sounded her outDEERHOUNDSAAcross 19: I'm in love (not half!) with this carLIMOAAcross 21: Clear air within could be the reason for ...ETHERAAcross 22: ... splendid 40-day period following eclipseEXCELLENTAAcross 24: Serum is tampered with for evil practitionerMISUSERAAcross 25: They certainly don't rest after maternity startsMOTHERSAAcross 26: A stable vehicle needs this share of the highwayROADHOLDINGDDown 1: One hurrying to pick up a suitable case?AMBULANCE CHASERDDown 2: Scar on the landscape at DoverCLIFFDDown 3: Where the actor hopes for early successMATINEEDDown 4: A second one up on the riverANOTHERDDown 5: A break catered for at Lord''sINTERVALDDown 6: A sign of trouble belowTIPOFTHEICEBERGDDown 7: Fiddler in a put-up jobRIGGERDDown 8: Rosie's twisted twigsOSIERSDDown 15: A special gift of 80 per cent Maraschino cocktailCHARISMADDown 16: Lovely morning in the squirrel houseDREAMYDDown 17: A hunter forced to drive out foxesUNEARTHDDown 18: A point wrongly claimedDECIMALDDown 20: Dull-witted baronet drowned in riverOBTUSEDDown 23: Some policemen call a thin stick a batonLATHI