The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 8th March 2002 There are 13 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 8th March 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 5: To be a spiritual healer, a fellow needs quiet to start withSHAMANAAcross 6: Jubilant journalist keeps running behind scheduleELATEDAAcross 9: Glass paperMIRRORAAcross 10: Once again get hold of fruit good for pluckingREENGAGEAAcross 11: Nautical equipment made of hard woodHELMAAcross 12: Strange lady embracing another female on French street - very strange lady!DANNYLARUEAAcross 13: Irregular act by recipient of VC, one for ever smilingCHESHIRE CATAAcross 18: Drift of stuff that is grey or black, leading to repeated precipitation around break of dayBRAIN DRAINAAcross 21: Country artist without measure of intelligence? On the contraryIRAQAAcross 22: House with a leak initially allowing in rain a little? One may feel bad staying thereHOSPITALAAcross 23: Sly person, but with supportWEASELAAcross 24: Old poet - male bastard, one gatheredHESIODAAcross 25: A place where silence was demanded by a female writer?AGATHADDown 1: Express disapproval when Lyttelton entertains a bishopHARRUMPHDDown 2: Zany, unending journey in foreign cityMADRIDDDown 3: Chemical drink, containing hint of devilry, transformed doctorALDEHYDEDDown 4: Magistrate not to think much of terrible disgraceSTIGMADDown 5: Son wants meat - not a chunky bitSLIVERDDown 7: Uprooted shelter by sports fieldDUG-OUTDDown 7: Uprooted shelter by sports fieldDUGOUTDDown 8: Father and grotesque friend in panic modeFRANTICALLYDDown 14: Sun, one particular paper for troublemaking?SEDITIONDDown 15: One who saw 13 eating insect in part of SpainALICANTEDDown 16: What sounds like open claspBROOCHDDown 17: Woman prepared meal for old man to eatPAMELADDown 19: I am given job in taxIMPOSTDDown 20: Modern movement born to accommodate someone who's funnyNEWAGE