The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 28th January 2002 There are 15 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 28th January 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Spit in the seaSAND BARAAcross 1: Spit in the seaSANDBARAAcross 5: Veto for proposalFORBIDAAcross 9: Party policy won't be one's main interestSIDELINEAAcross 10: In the end I make a topping ornamentFINIALAAcross 12: Colourful digits useful in the nurseryGREEN FINGERSAAcross 15: Medical service for which the pay's too uncertainOSTEOPATHYAAcross 17: A man around here may be taken for a girlRIOAAcross 19: Go out after a riseEBBAAcross 20: Defamatory? Ronald sues anywaySLANDEROUSAAcross 22: A subject for deep studyOCEANOGRAPHYAAcross 26: Habit of a socially inept personANORAKAAcross 27: Relaxed, with lowered pulseDOWNBEATAAcross 28: Method of betting trying to avoid betting slips?SYSTEMAAcross 29: Beastly mix of cocoa in the Royal NavyRACCOONDDown 1: It's worn to order, perhapsSASHDDown 2: Having nothing on a dark horse, raised stake finallyNUDEDDown 3: Where everybody goes in to sweep around the floorBALLROOMDDown 4: Used for firing the stoveRANGEDDown 6: Vegetables that need to be set in soonONIONSDDown 7: He has reached match pointBRIDEGROOMDDown 8: Ibsen's model accommodationDOLL'S HOUSEDDown 11: A sort of dog blanketAFGHANDDown 13: Happen to reach successful exam standard?COMETOPASSDDown 14: Steady lads! Hold your horses!STABLEBOYSDDown 16: Maintain there's some body in the beerALLEGEDDown 18: Garage worker tuned machine to go over a hundredMECHANICDDown 21: Packed against the unexpected?IN CASEDDown 21: Packed against the unexpected?INCASEDDown 23: Mother is upset over our love affairAMOURDDown 24: He goes down or rises in playHERODDown 25: School where one changes form about the beginning of termETON