The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 18th January 2002 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 18th January 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Delight in being on board, with drinksSWALLOWSAAcross 5: Produces personal beads for old soldiersSWEATSAAcross 9: Departures to see Mona Lisa taken out around end of LouvreANOMALIESAAcross 11: D note wrong? Try this bowing aidRESINAAcross 12: Expert on the rocks in one kingdomMINERALOGISTAAcross 15: Dash from the laneELANAAcross 16: Self-regard of youth who found himself winning on the pools?NARCISSISMAAcross 18: Huntingdon, perhaps, could have been one in a hundredCOUNTY TOWNAAcross 19: Change course in desertTURNAAcross 21: Perverted senorita game to join couple in this householdMENAGE A TROISAAcross 24: The French "hail and farewell"LEAVEAAcross 25: Uproot a tree, acid-damagedERADICATEAAcross 26: Loath to write a poem?AVERSEAAcross 27: Second horn's baggageSTRUMPETDDown 1: Tarry ropeSTAYDDown 2: Rising star of the countyAVONDDown 3: Principal shortened introduction to subjectLEAD-INDDown 4: Footballers here wealthier than management?WHITEHARTLANEDDown 6: Old soldier's row over the cavalryWARHORSEDDown 7: Encouraging suspect given new startAUSPICIOUSDDown 8: Affected holiness my canonist correctedSANCTIMONYDDown 10: Old Bill's ferreting licence?SEARCH WARRANTDDown 13: Pleasing thing to amble out for a dessertPEACH MELBADDown 14: Malice aunt spread to denigrateCALUMNIATEDDown 17: This disease of horses throws one off balanceSTAGGERSDDown 20: Setting in the middle of ParisMILIEUDDown 22: Victor, leaving hospital, is affectedCAMPDDown 23: Bag to make one's cup of teaBENT