The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 26th April 2002 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 26th April 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Vole emerging from desert after rainWATER RATAAcross 9: A military band?ARMLETAAcross 10: Mavis in prison?BIRDAAcross 11: Numbers used in gas scaleANALGESICSAAcross 12: Go on and on about cakeWAFFLEAAcross 14: The month before lastNOVEMBERAAcross 15: "Darling, there's nothing in the ground"BELOVEDAAcross 17: Hanging on the foreheadFRONTALAAcross 20: See gross abuse when they terrify childrenOGRESSESAAcross 22: Wilderness of dead, derelict treesDESERTAAcross 23: The full crew sounds saluteCOMPLEMENTAAcross 24: Where bolting is normal, yet exceptionalJAILAAcross 25: Being extremeMORTALAAcross 26: Delicate kind of finish?EGGSHELLDDown 1: Banter is damaging in timeBADINAGEDDown 2: Part of the Admiralty ArchHEADDDown 3: The ridge in the middle at Lord's?CREASEDDown 4: Taxes! They can be harmonisedSTRAINSDDown 5: The result of being stonedHANGOVERDDown 6: Larks of Arcadia?AMUSEMENTSDDown 7: Free cures made with drugRESCUEDDown 13: Vessels in river block upFLOWERPOTSDDown 16: Here one blows in from the North SeaEASTERLYDDown 18: Dry area used once by camels?AIRFIELDDDown 19: Led in and sued her for distortionUSHEREDDDown 21: Its shadow was a sign of the timesGNOMONDDown 22: Excessive fondness shown in the first year and many more thereafterDOTAGEDDown 24: Boy heads for the navyJOHN