The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 4th April 2002 There are 15 across clues and 12 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 4th April 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Adjustment is required to circumvent many a disputeALTERCATIONAAcross 9: Soon each French city accepts recipeEARLY ONAAcross 10: Newborn issue given Welsh nameBRONWENAAcross 11: Free - as air or melody?UNCHAINEDAAcross 12: Shrewd Congressman's first article on the state of AlbanyCANNYAAcross 13: Very pale blue or green flowerNILEAAcross 14: A little dog - perhaps one plays with itTOY SPANIELAAcross 16: Fleshed out feature found in Dublin "Echo"DOUBLE CHINAAcross 19: In France, who quietly delivers a bon mot?QUIPAAcross 20: Prepare for scan on the Fourth of JulyREADYAAcross 21: Bill's partner with new diet consumed 84 starters and felt better as a resultBENEFITEDAAcross 23: Prolong a short trip abroadSPIN OUTAAcross 23: Prolong a short trip abroadSPINOUTAAcross 24: Chairman's back with directors in passageNARROWSAAcross 25: Latin and Greek racesTHECLASSICSDDown 1: Rural guilt I cast off as a farmerAGRICULTURALISTDDown 2: A South American weasel - it's in the dictionary at the backTAYRADDown 3: Nick has to come acrossRUN INTODDown 4: Songs of sunrise demanded in AustraliaAUBADESDDown 5: Remove wrinkles from head of cabin boy in shipIRONCLADDDown 6: Currently employed, they make everyone a loserNOWINSITUATIONSDDown 7: Rudder's astern, as it may be on a packetRETURN ADDRESSDDown 8: Voltaire, say - deep cynic lost at seaENCYCLOPEDISTDDown 15: Sword in Rome forged by Cassius onceCLAYMOREDDown 17: Copper and aluminium encasing part of the forearmCUBITALDDown 18: It's good to have had a long lifeINNINGSDDown 22: A physicist starts to find Einsteinian relativity more involvedFERMI