The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 21st February 2002 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 21st February 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Bartender needing a wad chopped up for the plainest foodBREADANDWATERAAcross 10: Case of the former LiberalEXAMPLEAAcross 11: Cookery writer knocks back gin with jazz singerNIGELLAAAcross 12: American berry grower's moving alongLOGANAAcross 13: This female warrior's bust ain't in braBRITANNIAAAcross 14: Midshipman called about the crashPRANGAAcross 16: Encouraged to embrace a bishop when heckledBARRACKEDAAcross 18: Not even a soldier on strike could be called a misfitODD MAN OUTAAcross 19: The best of the CarmelitesELITEAAcross 20: Good-looking lad with scar and sinus damagedNARCISSUSAAcross 23: Praise for Elizabeth when going round the lakeBLESSAAcross 24: Final stage when death reaches wild animals for sportEND GAMEAAcross 24: Final stage when death reaches wild animals for sportENDGAMEAAcross 25: Nearly suffering as a substituteSTAND-INAAcross 26: Envious, getting identified as Charlie DimmockGREENFINGEREDDDown 2: Protective train buffer?REARGUARDDDown 3: Anglo-Saxon writer trembles in the windASPENDDown 4: Brother got up after getting best bitterACERBDDown 5: Insignificant fellow spattered panda with dirtDANDIPRATDDown 6: Incense in silver tomb, about a tonAGGRAVATEDDown 7: Actress Terry is well endowed, but not completelyELLENDDown 8: Source named with all the necessary equipmentWELL-APPOINTEDDDown 9: Sarah concentrating on sauceSALAD DRESSINGDDown 15: Life in the fireplace and sinkGRAVITATEDDown 16: Standing place for objects with hard back and strange fleshBOOKSHELFDDown 17: What the chef uses in a tense situation?KNIFE-EDGEDDown 21: Cyclist's qualificationRIDERDDown 22: She keeps us in the sanatoriumSUSANDDown 23: English poet and artist born over the waterBLAKE