The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 13th March 2002 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 13th March 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Polish figure by Italian crossingRUBICONAAcross 5: A show-off, the bounderPRANCERAAcross 9: Stoker catches a quarter of the fishBREAMAAcross 10: Dressed to kill, perhaps, either sex establishedUNIFORMEDAAcross 11: Lack of warmth shown by a French fan is almost icyUNENTHUSIASTICAAcross 13: Vessel heard turning in the windVANEAAcross 14: Quiet walkway will be costlier to reconstructCLOISTERAAcross 17: Young creature getting comfortableNESTLINGAAcross 18: Flag officer chases group of womenWILTAAcross 21: Large, thick, oboe-shaped vegetableGLOBE ARTICHOKEAAcross 23: Wretched diner gets into muddle: what a performanceRENDITIONAAcross 24: Impish fellow going into the river backwardsELFINAAcross 25: Confer the right nameENTITLEAAcross 26: Coming back, traveller in time met the DevilTEMPTERDDown 1: Dress up for YorkROBEDDown 2: Obsession with buzzing in the head?BEEINONESBONNETDDown 3: Bond that puts compiler in the moneyCEMENTDDown 4: Swap hearts for ace and get a chewy sweet for nothingNOUGHTDDown 5: Line in nautical footwear?PLIMSOLLDDown 6: A name-dropping sentimentalist, fragrantly distinctiveAROMATICDDown 7: Chance upon an idea: be there with a little drink to introduce slender AnnanCOMETOTHINKOFITDDown 8: Marxist city with gold goddess needs to change the colour schemeREDECORATEDDown 12: Graven data could be innovativeAVANT-GARDEDDown 15: A man upset by first one concerned with mental illnessALIENISTDDown 16: Pep up with a small measure before the soldiers come inENERGISEDDown 19: Nothing around to catch the birdLINNETDDown 20: Indifference to whatever you may cough up?PHLEGMDDown 22: Proboscis not beginning to rise creates a knotKNUR